Seven patients assessed in two-vehicle Bruce Highway crash near Bowen
A dramatic crash involving a caravan has shut down the Bruce Highway in the Whitsundays.
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A dramatic two-vehicle crash has shut down the Bruce Highway in North Queensland.
One vehicle was towing a caravan.
The crash blocked both lanes of traffic near Bowen’s famous Big Manog landmark, south of the town.
Queensland Ambulance paramedics assessed seven patients.
The paramedics took a 35-year-old female with cervical-spine pain to Bowen Hospital in a stable condition.
The other six patients declined further treatment.
Two fire crews were dispatched to the scene at 4.43pm, arriving there within 10 minutes.
A Queensland Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the crews had to remove the A, B and C pillars off one of the vehicles to safely remove a patient for the QAS.
“Basically the whole side of the car,” he said.
The police are on scene directing traffic.
The incident is ongoing.
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