- Multiple vehicles involved in the collision
- Police seeking details about a black Audi
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Two people are dead and another is fighting for life have been killed in a horror multi-vehicle crash which shut down a major city tunnel for hours.
The pile-up occurred in the northbound lanes of Brisbane’s Legacy Way Tunnel in shortly after 3pm on Wednesday.
A black Audi S3 which was heading north in the tunnel at Mount Coot-Tha, collided with a silver sedan, which then smashed into a truck.
The Audi driver aged in his 50s and a female passenger aged in her 20s who was travelling in the sedan died at the scene.
The female sedan driver was rushed to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.
Two people were killed in a horror multi-vehicle crash (pictured) in Brisbane’s Legacy Way Tunnel on Wednesday
The crash sparked traffic chaos (pictured) as motorists were making their back from work
The truck driver was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Harrowing photos of the crash show the mangled wreckages of the Audi and sedan.
One of vehicles was in a crumpled heap next to a concrete barrier with several parts from the exterior dangling from the side.
An exhaust pipe which was detached from the rear of the vehicle, were among several parts of the interiors of the car that was visible from the crash scene.
Debris from the wreckage of the vehicles had been scattered for several metres inside the tunnel.
Forensic crash investigators spent the night examining the scene.
It’s not known if speed was a contributing factor in the crash.
Queensland police duty officer Acting Inspector Stephen Crabbe described the crash scene as ‘extensive’
‘Police are appealing for information in relation to a black Audi s3 that would have been travelling northbound on the Centenary Motorway through the Legacy Way tunnel,’ he told reporters on Wednesday night.
An Audi and sedan were were completely destroyed in the crash that claimed two lives
The Legacy Way tunnel links the Western Freeway at Toowong in the city’s east with the inner-north.
Eastbound and westbound lanes was closed for several hours into the night as commuters headed home from work, causing massive delays.
Investigations remain ongoing and anyone with information has been urged to contact police.
