Woman trapped in crash that causes delays on Bruce Highway
A woman was trapped in a car for more than an hour on Friday after a multi-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway north of Brisbane created almost 15 kilometres of delays.
Emergency services were called to the three-car crash in Palmview, at the Sunshine Coast, about 10am just past Aussie World near the Sunshine Motorway off-ramp.
The three-car crash on the Bruce Highway at Palmview.
Photo: @Kyle_Laidlaw - TwitterA woman in her late teens, who was trapped in a car, suffered non-life-threatening neck, knee and back injuries, according to a Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman.
She was free of the wreckage and on her way to hospital by 11.40am.
The left northbound lane was closed while fire crews cut the woman from the car, the closure creating almost 15 kilometres of northbound delays.
By noon, travelling through the 12.5 kilometre stretch of the highway affected by the crash was estimated to take an hour-and-a-half.
An hour later, the delays stretched back about nine kilometres and it was estimated to only take about 12 minutes to drive through the crash area.
Paramedics also treated another woman for a non-life-threatening knee injury and a man in his 20s for a minor hand injury.
All three were taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in stable conditions, according to QAS.
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