Both lanes of the Bruce Highway are now open, as investigators piece together the chain of events that led to a fiery multi-vehicle crash involving a US military tank in central Queensland.

• Police are "flabbergasted" that no lives were lost as a result of the crash
• The Bruce Highway near Bajool is now open both lanes to all traffic
• A truck driver says he can hardly believe he walked away unscathed

The seven-vehicle crash happened near Bajool, south of Rockhampton, yesterday morning.

It involved multiple caravans, a B-double truck and a semi-trailer carrying a US army tank en route to a military exercise.

Three of the vehicles were on fire when police arrived.

Six people were taken to hospital.

Two remain in stable conditions and others have been discharged.

Capricornia District Police Inspector Ben Carroll said earlier this morning there was still one vehicle being removed from the scene.

"The heat of that fire would've melted a lot of the [bitumen] so we'll have to do a lot of work to clean it up," he said.

Inspector Carroll said police were still piecing together the cause of the crash but initial investigations suggest a passenger vehicle failed to stop for an escort vehicle accompanying the semi-trailer carrying the tank, causing a domino effect.

The tank was being transported from Gladstone port to the Shoalwater Bay training area for Exercise Talisman Sabre, a biennial training event involving Australian and US troops.

"That's our initial understanding … our crash investigators are still piecing it together," Inspector Carroll said.

"We were absolutely flabbergasted that no-one was killed out of that crash.

"[That] was the most pleasing thing, because it was an absolute mess."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-20/bruce-highway-partially-reopens-after-fiery-crash/102623750#

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