Two children have been rushed to hospital along with a man and woman in their 50s after a horrific crash on a major freeway.
Emergency crews rushed to the M1 Pacific Motorway at Helensvale at the northern end of Queensland’s Gold Coast, after a ute collided with the rear end of a police car at 1.20pm on Friday.
The crash happened near Exit 62 and members of the police, ambulance and fire departments were quickly on scene to help the four injured people to escape.
Four people, including two children under 10, have been rushed to hospital in serious conditions after a major crash on the M1 Pacific Motorway in Helensvale, Queensland
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said four people were in serious but stable condition and were being taken to Gold Coast University Hospital.
Among the injured was a girl aged under five with facial injuries, a girl aged under 10 with a leg laceration, and two people in their 50s including a man with chest and abdominal injuries and a woman with leg injuries.
A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the police car had been driving along the M1 before it was hit by the ute.
They were not pursuing anybody at the time, the spokesman confirmed.
Photos of the car show that its entire rear end has been crushed into the cabin of the vehicle.
Two southbound lanes of traffic remain closed near the crash site and congested traffic is now reaching Dreamworld while the wreckage is cleared.
Police have urged all motorists to avoid the area for the time being.
‘Motorists heading south are urged to avoid the area or expect long delays’, the spokesperson said.
More to come.
