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Car and caravan rollover on Wide Bay Highway, at Kimbombi, Gympie

Emergency services are responding after a car towing a caravan rolled on a busy rural highway and down into a ditch leaving two women with head injuries. DETAILS.

Car and caravan rollover on Wide Bay Highway, at Kimbombi, Gympie. Picture: Mary-Ann Shapcott
Car and caravan rollover on Wide Bay Highway, at Kimbombi, Gympie. Picture: Mary-Ann Shapcott

Emergency services are responding to reports of a serious crash which has left two women with head injuries.

Paramedics and a rescue helicopter are on scene of the crash on the Wide Bay Highway at Kimbombi, near Gympie.

A QAS spokesman said at 10.14am a car towing a caravan rolled off the highway and into a ditch.

He said paramedics were assessing three stable patients.

Two women in their 50s reportedly suffered head injuries and chest pain.

There was also a man being assessed and the rescue helicopter had just arrived on scene.

One person has since been taken to Gympie Hospital in a stable condition and another flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Originally published as Car and caravan rollover on Wide Bay Highway, at Kimbombi, Gympie

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