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| Woman cyclist critical after group collides with car in Brisbane | Woman cyclist critical after group collides with car in Brisbane |
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| A woman cyclist is in a critical condition and four others have been injured after being involved in a collision with a car in Brisbane’s West End. | A woman cyclist is in a critical condition and four others have been injured after being involved in a collision with a car in Brisbane’s West End. |
| The Queensland ambulance service said five people were injured when the car hit the group of cyclists on Dornoch Terrace in Highgate Hill at about 6.20am on Friday. | The Queensland ambulance service said five people were injured when the car hit the group of cyclists on Dornoch Terrace in Highgate Hill at about 6.20am on Friday. |
| Matthew Hannaberry, senior ambulance supervisor, described the scene of the crash as “chaotic” due to the number of people involved. | |
| But he said paramedics were able to take the critically injured woman to hospital within minutes. | |
| “It was quite a chaotic scene because not only were the cyclists that had been involved in the incident there, there were another dozen cyclists who had been travelling in that peloton,” he said. | |
| Car collides with cyclists on Dornoch Tce, West End. 5 people injured. Road Closed https://t.co/Oo0jyVdR7T #bnetraffic Pic: @9NewsQueensland pic.twitter.com/tAoFGdoymS | Car collides with cyclists on Dornoch Tce, West End. 5 people injured. Road Closed https://t.co/Oo0jyVdR7T #bnetraffic Pic: @9NewsQueensland pic.twitter.com/tAoFGdoymS |
| “There were some local residents who were providing first aid until our paramedics arrived.” | |
| A male and female were treated for possible head injuries and were taken to Princess Alexandra hospital. The woman was in a critical condition. | |
| The other three cyclists – two men and a woman – had injuries ranging from fractures, lacerations, abrasions and soft tissue damage, and were taken to the Royal Brisbane and Woman’s hospital. | |
| Reports from the scene indicate the driver may have been performing a U-turn and been blinded by the sun. | Reports from the scene indicate the driver may have been performing a U-turn and been blinded by the sun. |
| Dornoch Terrace was closed to traffic as police began investigating the incident. It was later reopened, the Courier Mail reported.A woman is fighting for her life after a car doing a U-turn crashed into a group of cyclists in Brisbane’s inner city. | Dornoch Terrace was closed to traffic as police began investigating the incident. It was later reopened, the Courier Mail reported.A woman is fighting for her life after a car doing a U-turn crashed into a group of cyclists in Brisbane’s inner city. |