Medical episode sends car crashing through Brisbane house
Driver had medical episode on Trouts Road; car hit two others and crashed into a house.
A driver experienced a medical episode while traveling on Stafford Heights' Trouts Road on Saturday morning. The vehicle collided with two other cars and smashed into a nearby two-storey house.
Fire crews arrived around 11.10am and freed the trapped driver from his vehicle. Five crews stabilised the building while he was extracted.
The man was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with minor injuries. A teenage boy in one of the other vehicles was also hurt and transported to Prince Charles Hospital.
Residents inside the house were unharmed.
- shortly before 11am Saturday
- Time
- 5 crews stabilized building
- Fire crews
- 3 cars
- Vehicles involved
- 2 with minor injuries
- Injured persons
Why it mattersMedical emergencies while driving can cause sudden collisions that damage homes and injure multiple people in residential areas.
