Man airlifted in critical condition after Tiaro crash on Bruce Highway

A man has been airlifted to hospital with critical injuries after a shocking crash which cut the Bruce Highway south of Maryborough.

A man has been airlifted in a critical condition after the car he was driving hit a truck on the Bruce Highway at Tiaro. Picture: Contributed

A man has been flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition after a serious crash involving a flat-bed semi-trailer and car on the Bruce Highway at Tiaro on Friday.

Multiple emergency crews were called to the scene about 10.10am in the small township south of Maryborough near the highway’s intersections with Burgess St and Station.

A QAS spokeswoman said the man, aged in his 20s and the only occupant of the car, suffered life-threatening chest and head injuries.

Fireys worked for more than half an hour to free him from the wreckage.

A man has been airlifted in a critical condition after the car he was driving hit a truck on the Bruce Highway at Tiaro. Picture: Contributed

He was then taken to a nearby rescue helicopter and flown to the Sunshine Coast.

The truck driver was able to escape his own vehicle following the crash and suffered minor injuries in the crash.

Police were forced to cut both lanes of the Hwy following the crash, with diversions for light traffic still in place more than three hours after the crash.

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