Bruce Highway: Multiple passengers fighting for life after bus rolls on at Gumlu in the Whitsunday region
The highway has been closed in both directions as emergency services respond.
Multiple passengers are fighting for life after a bus rolled on a busy Queensland Highway.
Emergency services were called to the scene of the serious crash on Bruce Highway at Gumlu in the Whitsundays region at 4pm on Thursday.
The Bruce Highway is closed in both directions and motorists have been urged to avoid the area, or expect long delays.
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Seven passengers have been taken to Ayr Hospital, four of those with potentially life-threatening injuries.
Four others have been transferred to Bowen Hospital and 13 passengers were still on the scene. Two of those passengers are believed to have life threatening injuries.
Ten ambulance crews and two rescue helicopters are on site and a fixed wing RFDS plane has also been dispatched to the area.
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