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18-Year-Old Driver Injured After Vehicle Leaves Mooloo Road Bridge near Gympie on 21 August 2026

Gympie, Queensland

Published 26 August 2026

Key facts

Where
Gympie, Queensland

What happened

Incident Overview

An 18-year-old woman was injured after her vehicle left the road and entered water beneath a single-lane bridge at Mooloo, near Gympie.

Queensland Police said the woman was driving a white Toyota coupe on Mooloo Road at about 1.15pm on Friday, 21 August 2026. The vehicle swerved to avoid a silver SUV before leaving the bridge between Glen Musa Drive and Burgess Road, while the SUV continued from the scene.

Location and Time

  • Crash date and time: About 1.15pm on Friday, 21 August 2026.
  • Location: The single-lane bridge on Mooloo Road between Glen Musa Drive and Burgess Road, Mooloo.

Driver and Injuries

  • The Toyota driver was an 18-year-old woman from Greens Creek.
  • She was the sole occupant of the vehicle.
  • She was taken to Gympie Hospital in a stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police Appeal

Police are seeking information, dashcam footage or CCTV that may help identify the silver SUV or clarify the circumstances of the crash. Anyone with relevant information is asked to contact Policelink and quote reference QP2601630910.

Read the Queensland Police appeal

If you were involved in a crash in Queensland

  1. 01Injury claims are usually made against the compulsory third party (CTP) insurer of the vehicle at fault.
  2. 02A Notice of Accident Claim Form is generally due within 9 months of the crash, or within 1 month of first consulting a lawyer, whichever is earlier.
  3. 03Families of people killed in a crash may be able to claim for loss of financial support.

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