Two people fighting for their lives after caravan crash on Bruce Highway
Two people have been left with life-threatening injuries after a vehicle towing a caravan rolled down an embankment on the Bruce Highway near the Sunshine Coast this morning.
Paramedics are treating a man who is fighting for his life at the scene and a woman in her 60s has been taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital with chest and abdominal injuries.
A third patient is in a stable condition and declined to be taken to hospital.
Emergency services were called to the scene at Nirimba, near Caloundra, at 11:20am following initial reports of a two-vehicle crash.
It is understood the vehicle towing the caravan left the road and crashed down an embankment into a creek.
Police are yet to confirm whether other vehicles were involved.
The Bruce Highway northbound is closed near Roys Road and traffic is being diverted.
Drivers are asked to avoid the area.
More to come.
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