Townsville traffic: Two injured in two vehicle accidents in city
Two people have been injured in two separate Townsville traffic accidents involving a total of four vehicles in the space of seven minutes.
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Two people have been injured in two separate Townsville traffic accidents involving a total of four vehicles in the space of seven minutes on Wednesday morning.
Queensland Ambulance Service confirmed that in the first of the two crashes, paramedics were called to a nose-to-tail incident involving three vehicles on Woolcock Street. Garbutt, at 9.53am.
“A stable patient with minor injuries was transported to Townsville University Hospital,” a QAS spokesperson said.
“Two other occupants were uninjured and declined hospitalisation.”
In the second incident, QAS said a man sustained injuries to his chest and abdomen after his vehicle rolled on the Bruce Highway at Murray at 9.46am.
He was taken to TUH in a stable condition.
Queensland Fire Department also attended both incidents.
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