Driver in hospital after Bruce Hwy crash near Nambour
A blown tyre is believed to have caused a serious crash that closed both lanes of the Bruce Hwy on the Sunshine Coast. Read the latest.
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Both lanes of the Bruce Hwy southbound at the Sunshine Coast were closed for more than an hour after a serious single-vehicle crash.
Emergency services rushed to the scene near the Bli Bli Rd on-ramp at Nambour after the crash was reported around 5.50pm.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said both lanes of the highway were closed and reopened around 7.10pm.
She said it appeared a tyre had blown and the car crashed into a guardrail.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said a 21-year-old male driver was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said one crew was sent to the scene.
He said the person was not trapped in the vehicle.
It comes amid a horror week on the region’s roads with a two-year-old in an induced coma after a horror crash at the corner of Lamington Tce and Panorama Dr in Nambour on Wednesday night.
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