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Rex Martinich

UNBELIEVABLE: Fatal mine crash likely had medical cause coroner told - The Untold Story

A fatal mine crash between a ute and truck at a coal mine will be investigated by a coroner. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A drill rig worker who died after his ute collided with a truck at a coal mine likely had a medical episode just before the crash, a coroner has heard.

John Linwood, 56, was alone in a Toyota HiLux ute when he crashed into the rear of a loaded coal haul truck at the Byerwen mine in Queensland's Bowen Basin on August 22, 2024.

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