‘Potentially life-threatening’: Four children, three adults injured in Torquay crash
Four children and three adults have been taken to hospital, one with potentially life-threatening injuries, after a crash in Hervey Bay overnight.
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One person has been left with “potentially life-threatening injuries” after a crash that injured four children and three adults.
Police are investigating following the two vehicle crash at Torquay on Saturday, December 21.
Emergency services were called to Colyton Street and Honiton Street about 9.20pm following a crash involving a Holden Colorado and a LDV D90.
Seven people, including four children aged between six and eight, were transported to Hervey Bay Hospital.
A spokeswoman from the Queensland Ambulance Service said one of the patients was transported with potentially life-threatening injuries, but could not specify an age or gender for the person.
The other patients were transported in stable conditions with minor injuries.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the crash.
It comes after a person suffered critical injuries following an incident between a motorcycle and a horse on the Bruce Highway on Sunday.
A Queensland Ambulance statement said the incident between the motorcycle and a horse occurred on an intersection between the Bruce Highway and Petersen Rd.
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