Brisbane traffic: Long delays into Brisbane after multi-vehicle crash on Bruce Hwy

Separate crashes in Brisbane’s north and west are causing long delays for commuters this morning.

Delays stretched back for five kilometres on the Bruce Hwy early this morning, with paramedics and police attending a crash in Brisbane’s north.

The crash at Murrumba Downs at 5:47am is believed to have involved up to five cars, leaving two people with minor injuries.

Good Morning Brisbane, for those heading from the Sunshine Coast there is a crash on the Bruce Hwy sthbound before the Pine River Bridge in #MurrumbaDowns delays are already back to #NorthLakes#bnetrafficpic.twitter.com/9EdzARv8RV

— QLDTrafficMetro (@QLDTrafficMetro) July 21, 2021

Delays stretched from Murrumba Downs back to Deception Bay as authorities worked to clear the incident, but has now cleared.

Two people were taken to hospital, one taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and the other to Redcliffe Hospital, both in stable conditions.

Another two-vehicle crash on Waterworks Road at The Gap is causing significant delays southbound on Settlement Rd.

Queensland Police said a search was currently underway for a driver of one of the vehicles after they allegedly fled the scene of the crash just before 7am.

Paramedics treated a woman in her 50s at the scene for leg injuries.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the woman had initially been encapsulated in the car, but paramedics had managed to help the woman out of the vehicle.

Police urged drivers to find alternative routes due to the congestion on the roads.

More to come.