Mini bus with 15 farm workers on board crashes west of Brisbane

Two women are fighting for life following a crash west of Brisbane in which a mini bus carrying 15 farm workers and another vehicle collided.

Two women have been left in a critical condition after a mini bus carrying farm workers collided with a car at rural crossroads west of Brisbane.

Emergency helicopts landed at the scene, flying two people to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, and another two to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

A mini-bus and another vehicle have collided in a serious accident in the Lockyer Valley. Picture: 9 News

Seven people were taken to Ipswich hospital and one to Toowoomba Hospital.

The car was flipped on its roof and multiple people were trapped inside the bus, a police spokesman said, but all have since been freed

Emergency services are on scene at a multi-casualty accident at the intersection of Lake Clarendon Way and Forest Hill-Fernvale Road, where a truck and mini bus have collided. PHOTO: Ali Kuchel

The crash occurred just prior to 2.30pm at the intersection of Forest Hill Fernvale Rd, Walhuben Rd and Lake Clarendon Way.

Emergency services are on scene at a multi-casualty accident at the intersection of Lake Clarendon Way and Forest Hill-Fernvale Road, where a truck and mini bus have collided. PHOTO: Ali Kuchel

A supervisor of the company transporting the farm workers, Innocent Cyzia, who was at the scene, said his friend was driving the truck.

“They were working on the farm and finished at 2.20pm and were heading to Brisbane after like one minute this happened,” Mr Cyzia said.

“They were heading back home, it’s not good.

“All of them they are a bit scared and some of them got hit from the chest and arms.”

The dramatic scene of a major crash involving a minibus carrying 15 people and a car. Picture: 9 News Queensland

The incident comes after a grandmother died at the same intersection in 2018.

Originally published as Mini bus with 15 farm workers on board crashes west of Brisbane