Sunshine Coast breaking news: Woman crashes into barrier at Minyama
A woman has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition after crashing into a barrier on one of the Sunshine Coast’s busiest roads following a suspected medical incident.
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Below is a round up of emergency incidents on the Sunshine Coast this week:
Thursday
A woman has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition following a crash in Minyama.
Emergency crews rushed to Nicklin Way and Eden St about 1.15pm on Thursday after a woman in her 50s or 60s was seen slowly swerving before she crashed into a barrier.
It’s understood the woman may have suffered a medical episode before the crash.
She was rushed to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a serious condition.
Tuesday
Paramedics and firefighters were called to a single-vehicle crash on the Bruce Hwy on-ramp at Cooroy.
Emergency services were called to the scene about 2.15pm after reports of a single-vehicle crash into a power pole.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said a man in his 60s was being assessed but had no obvious injuries.
It is believed the man had a medical episode before he crashed into the pole.
A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said police had not been assigned to the crash given there was no injuries reported.
Monday
There were major delays on the Bruce Hwy as emergency services responded to a truck crash in the middle of the northbound and southbound lanes.
A QFES spokeswoman said firefighters were responding to reports of a truck crashed into the median strip of the Bruce Highway, at Glenview, near the Frizzo Rd exit, at 8.30am this morning.
“There’s no one trapped or injured,” she said.
According to a Queensland Police spokeswoman the truck crashed into the centre of the highway.
“There’s delays,” she said.
A QAS spokeswoman said the male truck driver had since been transported to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
“He had shoulder and neck pain,” she said.
Two teenage girls have miraculously escaped uninjured on the Sunshine Coast after crashing into a tree overnight.
Two females in their late teens crashed a car, with a red P-plate, into a tree at Noosaville last night at 7.23pm.
A QAS spokeswoman said they were uninjured but transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in stable conditions as a precaution, after their vehicle collided with a tree off Eenie Creek Rd.
“They were uninjured but transported for observation,” she said.
A QFES spokeswoman said they had one crew on scene.
She confirmed the crash was just before the Noosa turn-off.
The girls were able to remove themselves from the crashed car before QFES arrived on scene.
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