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A highway patrol officer is fighting for life and a driver has been taken to hospital after a crash involving a police vehicle and a truck on the Cunningham Highway in Queensland's Scenic Rim.
9News understands the senior constable, believed to be in his 50s, was freed after reportedly becoming trapped in the police vehicle following the truck rollover about 1pm (2pm AEDT).
Paramedics began treating him for life-threatening head and arm injuries while he was still inside the vehicle.
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Another patient, understood to be the driver of the truck, has been transported in a stable condition to Ipswich Hospital.
The driver of the truck was treated for minor injuries.
A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene, according to Queensland Ambulance Service.
The officer, a senior constable who was on duty at the time of the crash, was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
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"He comes to work each and every day to keep our community safe," Ipswich District Superintendent Kylie Rigg said.
"So it's quite a sad day today that this officer has himself been involved in a truck and crash.
"We have police supporting the officer's family, and of course, we support all of the officers here from the Ipswich district, as we come to terms with the officers' significant injuries the next few days, the weeks and the months ahead will be a long road, and we very much open he has a full recovery."
Rigg said the officer's wife was by his bedside in hospital.
"We obviously don't have police involved in traffic crashes often," she said.
"This is certainly the most significant in my time at Ipswich."
Footage captured by the 9News helicopter showed a marked police van that had come off the road and a truck on its side blocking both lanes of the highway.
The Cunningham Highway is closed near Warrill View Peak Crossing Road and motorists are advised to avoid the area.
Queensland Police said the Forensic Crash Unit are on scene.
The circumstances that lead up to the crash have not yet been revealed.
Anyone who witnessed the accident has been asked to come forward.
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