Bruce Hwy at Howard reopens following two-vehicle crash

The Bruce Highway has reopened after police closed it in both directions near Maryborough after a crash involving six people on Saturday. UPDATES.

A person was freed from a car by emergency services after a two-vehicle crash that has closed the Bruce Hwy in Howard.

The Bruce Highway has reopened after being shut down at Howard, between Maryborough and Childers, following a two-vehicle crash on Saturday.

A Queensland Fire and rescue spokeswoman said two fire crews were dispatched from Maryborough at 9.25am in response to reports of three people trapped in a vehicle on highway at the corner of Howard Heights Rd.

When crews arrived about 9.49am, they found two vehicles in the middle of the Bruce Highway, with one vehicle on its roof and another on its side with one of the occupants still trapped inside.

QFES rescue crews removed the roof of the car with hydraulic cutting gear and freed the person at 10.17am.

A Queensland Ambulance Services spokeswoman said the patient who was freed from the car was transported to Hervey Bay hospital in a stable condition along with another patient reporting neck pain.

Two other patients reporting neck pain were transported to Maryborough Hospital in a stable condition, with two others involved in the crash declining medical treatment.

An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.

Emergency services were not able to provide the ages or gender of the six people involved in the crash.

Originally published as Bruce Hwy at Howard reopens following two-vehicle crash