Urgent warning to avoid Pacific Mwy after truck rolls, blocking lanes

The Pacific Mwy is blocked southbound after a truck rolled, with the wreckage strewn across four lanes causing mass gridlock and 50-minute delays. WATCH THE VIDEO

A truck rollover has blocked the Pacific Mwy southbound at Shailer Park with mass gridlock building.

Police were called to the multi-vehicle crash involving a truck and car near the Shailer Park exit around 10am.

The incident sparked major delays with gridlocky stretching from Sunnybank to Loganholme causing delays of about 50 minutes, as of 1.20pm.

Major traffic delays are expected for hours on one of southeast Queensland’s busiest highways after a truck rollover has caused all lanes to be blocked.

Photos released by Queensland Ambulance Service show a car crushed under the trailer of the overturned truck.

A car crushed in a truck rollover. Picture: QAS

A truck is on its side with the wreckage strewn across all four lanes.

According to police, the driver of the car involved escaped any injury despite their vehicle being stuck under the trailer of the truck.

The driver of a car crushed under a truck when it rolled on the Pacific Motorway, was lucky to escape uninjured. Picture: QAS

A police spokesperson said delays were expected to be hours long but they couldn’t specify a specific timeframe.

They said the truck, which was carrying a load of electronics, needed to be unpacked before it could be moved.

Limited traffic has been able to travel slowly through a shoulder of the motorway, but it is reportedly very slow.

Mass gridlock on the Pacific Mwy after a truck rolled. Picture: Qld Traffic

Major delays are expected for hours, with police urging motorists to avoid the area.

The delays come at a time when traffic on the Pacific Mwy southbound is traditionally busy as holiday-goers travel to the Gold Coast for the weekend.

Emergency services on scene. Picture: QAS

Ambulance crews have arrived on scene with the truck driver believed to have suffered no serious injuries. It is not known if others have been injured.

More to come.

Originally published as Urgent warning to avoid Pacific Mwy after truck rolls, blocking lanes