Six people injured in Brisbane Rd crash at Arundel, Gold Coast
Six people have been injured and traffic was at a crawl after a multi-vehicle accident on the Gold Coast.
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SIX people have been treated by paramedics after a major crash on a busy Gold Coast road this morning.
Three vehicles collided in the northbound lanes of Brisbane Rd through Coombabah and Arundel just after 8am today.
By 8.40am the outer lane of the road was still closed near the United petrol station.
Motorists were being told to allow more time to get onto the M1, with traffic finally returning to normal by 9.30am.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said six people were assessed at the scene for non life-threatening injuries including neck and back pain.
Five of them have since been taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
It is understood some of the patients are teenagers.
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