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Two-truck smash sparks hour-long delays on Gateway Motorway

Brisbane commuters are facing massive delays after a crash involving a car-carrier shut down southbound lanes of the Gateway Motorway.

A multi-vehicle crash on the Gateway Motorway has sparked major traffic delays this morning.
A multi-vehicle crash on the Gateway Motorway has sparked major traffic delays this morning.

A multi-vehicle crash in north Brisbane has caused major traffic delays along the Gateway Motorway on Friday morning with commuters expected to cop more than an hour delays.

At 7:08am, emergency services were called to a two-truck collision along the Gateway Motorway just past the Sandgate Rd overpass at Boondall.

Following the collision, a car fell off the back of one of the trucks and flipped over onto the road.

Significant delays on the Gateway Motorway after a truck crash at Boondall.
Significant delays on the Gateway Motorway after a truck crash at Boondall.

Delays of up to an hour are expected southbound with all four lanes impacted by the crash.

Congestion is stretched back past North Lakes on the Bruce Highway almost two hours after the crash.

Commuters travelling southbound have taken to social media to ask about the crash, many fearful of missing flights from Brisbane airport.

One said they had moved one kilometre in an hour.

Traffic issues continued with a second collision in the area.

At 8.20am, four vehicles collided on the Deagon Deviation at Brighton.

Photo from Queensland Ambulance Service of scene of crash on Gateway Motorway.
Photo from Queensland Ambulance Service of scene of crash on Gateway Motorway.

Queensland Police Services issued a traffic alert for Brisbane commuters with motorists advised to seek alternative travel routes.

Traffic chaos on the Gateway Mty after two separate crashes.
Traffic chaos on the Gateway Mty after two separate crashes.

Paramedics attended but the truck drivers declined transport to hospital.

One person was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition following the second crash at Brighton.

Seven others were assessed at the scene but declined transport.

The scene of the crash as clean-up gets under way. Picture: Queensland Ambulance Service
The scene of the crash as clean-up gets under way. Picture: Queensland Ambulance Service

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