Driver critically injured in Tuchekoi head-on now ‘serious but stable’

A woman injured in a crash near Tuchekoi appears to be out of the woods, with the hospital revealing her status has gone from critical to serious but stable

Tuchekoi crash

UPDATE: A woman who was flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital on Tuesday afternoon with critical injuries she received in a head-on near Tuchekoi has today (Thursday) had her status improved to "serious but stable".

The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the serious traffic crash, which also resulted in a man in his 30s being transported by ambulance in a stable condition to SCUH with a leg injury.

Preliminary investigations indicate around 2:50pm a white Nissan Navara dual cab utility was headed north on Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road when it collided with a blue Holden Commodore travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the sedan, a woman, was airlifted to SCUH.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have seen either vehicle prior to the crash to contact police.

Tuchekoi crash on Tuesday, June 1, which left a woman with critical injuries.

 

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The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating the serious traffic crash at Tuchekoi on Tuesday afternoon that hospitalised a man and a woman.

Preliminary investigations indicate around 2:50pm a white Nissan Navara dual cab utility was headed north on Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road when it collided with a blue Holden Commodore travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the sedan, a woman, was airlifted to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital and remains in a critical condition as of 2:30pm Jun 2, 2021.

The driver of the utility, a man in his 30s, was also transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have seen either vehicle prior to the crash to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or call 131 444.

Great news: A woman critically injured in this head-on near Tuchekoi has had her status updated to serious but stable.

 

 

 

UPDATE: A man and a woman driving a ute and a sedan that collided head-on near a corner of the Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road south of Gympie at Tuchekoi on Tuesday afternoon have been rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

The woman, who had to be freed from her car by emergency services, was critically injured in the collision which occurred just before 3pm.

She was airlifted from the scene about 4pm and taken to the SCUH. A man in his 30s suffering from a leg injury was transported by ambulance and in a stable condition, also to the SCUH.

Traffic in both directions was brought to a standstill for over an hour.

It is not known yet if either of the victims was a local person. The cars involved looked to have been a blue sedan and a white ute.

The scene of a head-on collision on the Kenilworth Skying Creek Road on June 1, 2021.

 

UPDATE: The rescue chopper is believed to have touched down in the Mary Valley where a woman has been critically injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles.

A man in his 30s has been treated at the scene but is believed to be stable with leg injuries, a QAS spokesman said.

It is believed the two people injured are the only people involved in the accident,m which occurred just before 3pm on Tuesday.

Traffic near the scene of the accident, believed to be near the intersection of Kenilworth Skying Creek Road and Tuchekoi Road, is a standstill while the airlift is carried out.

The scene of a head-on collision on the Kenilworth Skying Creek Road on June 1, 2021.

 

EARLIER: The rescue chopper is on its way to the Mary Valley after two cars collided head-on shortly before 3pm

A Queensland Police Media spokesman said the call came in at 2.52pm that two vehicles had collided head-on on the Kenilworth Skyring Creek Road at Tuchekoi.

Other people involved in the crash were assessed by paramedics and it is believed the woman was trapped before emergency workers were able to free her.

More information as it comes to hand.

Our thoughts are with those involved.

 

Originally published as Driver winning the fight for life after horror head-on