Overview
- Emergency services responded just before midday to crashes on Banya Avenue in the Aura estate near Caloundra, with reports of a multi-vehicle collision involving three cars and a truck.
- Seven people were treated in total, including two children with life-threatening injuries.
- One child was flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital, and another was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, according to initial reports.
- Several adults, including the children’s mother, were transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, with the woman reported stable after head and chest injuries and another driver suffering a medical episode.
- Police remained at the scene, warned of significant traffic delays, and opened an investigation as early accounts differed on whether there was one major crash or two separate incidents on the same street.