Anzac Ave and Stenner St crashes, three taken to hospital

Two women suffered injuries after two separate horse accidents north of Toowoomba, while three people were taken to hospital after emergency crews responded to two crashes within minutes on Saturday, and on Sunday morning a car ploughed into a house. Weekend news round up:

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This weekend has been busy for emergency services after attending numerous emergency incidents involving horse riding accidents, car crashes, a sudden death and the car ploughing into a house.

Police, paramedics, fire crews and LifeFlight rescue paramedics were kept busy over the weekend.

On Sunday morning about 4am, police were called out after an MG station wagon ploughed into a house along Drayton Rd near Eiser St in Harristown.

The 17-year-old driver managed to get out of the car, police said.

He was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition, a QAS spokesperson said.

The neighbour who called it in said the car had landed on its side after grazing a tree on the sidewalk verge.

The owner, who was away, will unfortunately return home to find the front patio smashed in, a window broken, fences down and pot plants scattered on the front lawn.

Police say the vehicle was not stolen, but are making further inquiries.

An MG station wagon ploughed into a house early Sunday morning. The driver was able to get out of the vehicle and was transported to Toowoomba Hospital. Picture: Christine Schindler

The day before, along Drayton Rd, police established a crime scene after a woman was found dead in her front yard.

Full story and updates here. 

On Saturday at 8am, a woman in her 40s was taken to hospital via a rescue helicopter, after a horse rolled on her at a private property along Pierce’s Creek Rd near Crows Nest, a Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said.

The woman was believed to be riding with her husband when she fell from her horse, and the horse rolled on top of her, a statement from Lifeflight said.

The woman was flown to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition with chest, pelvis and leg injuries, a QAS spokesperson said.

Later that afternoon, around 4.30pm, a teenager was injured after she fell off her horse at a private property on Grahams Rd in Wutul, 83km north of Toowoomba.

Rescue helicopter were called out twice to northern regions of Toowoomba in separate horse riding accidents. Picture: (supplied)

A rescue helicopter rushed to her aid, and the teen, suffering hip, shoulder and back injuries, was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane in a stable condition.

In the southern suburbs of Toowoomba in Drayton and Kearney Springs, two separate car crashes happened within minutes of each other.

At 9.45am a car crashed into a pole along Stenner St near Middle Ridge Park in Kearney Springs.

A male teenager was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.

About 15 minutes later, fire crews rushed to Anzac Ave in Drayton, 8km away, after two cars needed stabilising following a crash at Colvin St, a Queensland Fire and Emergency spokesperson said.

Two people were taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Originally published as Anzac Ave and Stenner St crashes, three taken to hospital