Teen driver critically injured after Bruce Highway crash at Myrtlevale

A teenage girl is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after the vehicle she was driving and a semi-trailer collided in the Whitsundays, the second serious crash along that stretch of roadway in the past month.

Emergency crews are on scene at a serious Bruce Highway crash at Myrtlevale in the Whitsundays.

A teen girl remains critical in hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries in a horror highway crash with a truck in the Whitsundays, the second serious incident along that stretch of roadway in the past two months.

Multiple emergency crews were called to a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway at Myrtlevale about 3.25pm Friday following reports of a collision involving a car and a semi-trailer.

As a result, a 17-year-old girl, who was the driver, suffered significant head injuries.

She was taken to Proserpine Hospital before being flown to Townsville University Hospital where she remained in a critical condition on Saturday.

BMA CQ Rescue was tasked to Proserpine after a horror crash on the Bruce Highway at Myrtlevale on August 15. The AW139 landed on the highway and has transported man in his 60s for further treatment at Mackay Base Hospital. Picture: BMA CQ Rescue

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the Forensic Crash Unit was investigating.

Initial investigations indicate the car had been in the process of performing a U-turn when the collision occurred with the northbound truck near the Gunno Go Holiday Park.

A Queensland Fire Department spokeswoman said crews received reports of a crash between a car and semi-trailer, with one vehicle on the roadway and one off.

The QFD spokeswoman said crews helped remove a person from one of the vehicles, which was done by 3.45pm.

As a result of the crash, the Bruce Highway was closed for several hours.

Aftermath of a crash which killed a 22-year-old woman from Mackay, on the Bruce Highway near Myrtlevale on August 15, 2024. Picture: Facebook

This comes barely two months after a 22-year-old Mackay woman was killed when her BMW exploded into flames following a head-on crash on the Bruce Highway, also at Myrtlevale, just after 5pm on August 15.

The young woman had been at the wheel of the BMW when police allege a silver Rodeo dual cab ute allegedly crossed into the wrong lane and the two vehicles collided.

The 61-year-old Bowen man, who had been driving the ute, was also seriously injured in the crash which blocked the highway until late into the night.

Originally published as Teen driver critically injured after Bruce Highway crash at Myrtlevale