Miner probes truck crash
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Mining company Macarthur Coal says it is investigating an accident at one of its central Queensland mine sites, in which a dump truck ran over part of a vehicle on the weekend.
A company spokesman says a Caterpillar 789 rear dump truck collided over the front part of a four-wheel drive at its Coppabella mine site on Saturday.
The 28-year-old driver of the four-wheel drive was taken to Moranbah Hospital and later transferred to Mackay hospital.
His injuries are described as slight.
The spokesman says the company has done a re-enactment of the incident and believes the vehicle got in the dump truck's blind spot.
He says the company has changed the design of intersections at the mine site from Y-shaped to T-junctions.
