A man and a woman have been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition and 17 other people have also been admitted to hospital after a crash between a minibus and a car west of Tamborine, near Brisbane, on Sunday morning.
Paramedics, including two rescue helicopters, were called to the site on Mundooun Road at 10.19am after the bus and car collided head-on, trapping the drivers of both vehicles.
The male minibus driver and the female driver were trapped for more than an hour in their vehicles before being freed by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services. They were both airlifted to hospital in critical condition.
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The female driver in her 20s was airlifted by LifeFlight to Gold Coast University Hospital. LifeFlight said in a statement she had suffered multiple traumatic injuries.
The male minibus driver was airlifted was airlifted to Princess Alexandria hospital.
The Queensland Ambulance Service said a further nine patients, including a woman with a chest injury were transported via road to Princess Alexandra hospital, and eight stable patients were taken to Logan hospital.
Three other patients were assessed at the scene.
Queensland ambulance senior operations supervisor Steve Clarke said all passengers had their seatbelts on, and the main injuries were bloody noses, scratches and bruises from the glass that shattered on them.
“The youngest person we transported was a 13-year-old boy, just with minor injuries, just bruises and abrasions,” he said.
The oldest was between 65 and 70 years of age.
Clarke said it was a reminder to slow down and concentrate on the roads.
“You never know what is just around the corner. There’s an accident waiting to happen. And we don’t want that to happen to anybody in the community.”
The forensic crash unit is investigating the incident.
