Pedestrian suffers life threatening injuries after car, caravan crash in Mooloolaba
A young Sunshine Coast man has suffered life-threatening injuries after a car towing a caravan ploughed into a parked car, which struck a pedestrian on the street.
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A maintenance worker has suffered life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a parked car which was hit by a car towing a caravan at Mooloolaba.
Multiple emergency crews rushed to Brisbane Rd about 11.30am on Friday to assist a pedestrian in a critical condition.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said a dual cab vehicle towing a caravan was driving north when it struck a parked car, which propelled the vehicle into the maintenance worker, who is a man in his 20s.
He suffered life-threatening injuries and was rushed to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
A Queensland Ambulance spokesman said it was understood the male driver of the dual cab suffered a medical episode, with him and his female passenger taken to hospital in stable conditions.
A Sunshine Coast Health spokeswoman said the young man was moved to a different facility after being transported to SCUH.
A Workplace Health and Safety Queensland spokeswoman said they were notified of the incident at Mooloolaba and were making enquiries.
“WHSQ is not able to provide further comment at this time,” the spokeswoman said.
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