Southport traffic disruption after car collides with tram

A man has been rushed to hospital after his car collided with a tram, causing traffic disruption at a busy Gold Coast intersection this morning. And it’s not the first time.

WITNESSES say they regularly see incidents involving cars and trams at a busy Southport intersection where a collision took place this morning.

A man was taken to hospital with shoulder and arm injuries after his car collided with a tram at the intersection at 9am.

A witness said the man’s car was turning right from Scarborough Street onto Lawson Street in Southport when it hit the tram.

Traffic and tram services were disrupted for almost an hour while paramedics attended to the man and the damaged vehicles were removed from the scene.

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The scene of the accident this morning at a junction beside the Southport RSL.

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The man was transported to Gold Coast University Hospital with shoulder and arm injuries in a stable condition.

An almost identical accident happened last Ausgust, when a 17-year-old had to be cut from her car by firefighters after crashing into a tram at the junction.

“Only a few months ago the same thing happened, a car turned right and didn’t see the tram” a witness to this morning’s crash said.

Another witness said she was sitting outside the RSL when the crash occurred and heard a loud bang.

“The car went to turn and the tram does not stop easily so it hit,” she said.

“You get scared if you hear a bang.”