Multiple people in hospital after Queensland crash involving truck carrying US Abrams tank

Emergency crews arrive to find three vehicles on fire and four others badly damaged on Bruce Highway near Rockhampton

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Six people are in hospital after a fiery multi-vehicle crash involving a truck that was carrying an army tank in central Queensland.

Police set up a large exclusion zone after the collision on the Bruce Highway near Rockhampton on Wednesday morning.

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