Thankfully, one patient was assessed at the scene and refused transport to hospital.
That crash came after the Bruce Highway was thrown into pandemonium with a crash near Bauple northbound towards Maryborough.
The incident was described by police as a “nose to tail crash”.
Another crash near Tiaro blocked the highway earlier today. gympie crashes
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UPDATE: Two people first thought to be trapped in their car are now out of the vehicle and being treated at the scene by Queensland Ambulance Service, emergency services have reported. Emergency crews at the scene of a crash on Rainbow Beach Road on Tuesday where two people were treated for injuries. Photos: Scott Kovacevic
Crews rushed to the scene of a single vehicle rollover on the Rainbow Beach Road about 1km from the Tin Can Bay Road intersection at 11.40am today, with initial reports that two people travelling in the vehicle were trapped. Emergency crews at the scene of a crash on Rainbow Beach Road on Tuesday where two people were treated for injuries. Photos: Scott Kovacevic
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Subscriber only A speed reduction has been endorsed for a 3.75-kilometre stretch of road near the site of a fatal crash that killed a 29-year-old man at Wolvi last week. Josiah William Stevens was a passenger in a 4WD when it collided with a school bus full of children at a T-intersection on Kin Kin Road and Wilsons Pocket Road about 4pm last Tuesday. Josiah died at the scene. The driver of the car, Josiah s 68-year-old father Alan, was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital in a critical condition and with life threatening injuries. Alan Stevens (inset) is recovering in hospital after being injured in crash that killed his son at Wolvi last Tuesday.
 I came home past it as the ambulance was leaving and can t see how they survived, Mr Stewart said. Must have been airbags that saved them. The look made me feel sick, he said. Emergency crews at the scene of the crash on Rainbow Beach Road on Tuesday. Photos: Scott Kovacevic Mr Stewart has spent years campaigning to get more pullover bays and overtaking lanes on both roads, which have only become busier as the local population has grown and visitations from the south east corner have skyrocketed since COVID. He said he had still had no word from Gympie Regional Council on the fate of a petition to demand those changes but will keep trying .