Overview
- A bus struck a brick bus shelter on Township Drive in the Burleigh area just before 5pm on Monday, collapsing a wall and roof onto a man waiting inside.
- The 42-year-old victim was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital after paramedics found severe arm and chest injuries and he remained in critical condition following overnight surgery.
- Reports differ on the outcome for the man's arm with one outlet saying it was lost while another says surgery aimed to save the limb; Queensland Health has not resolved those accounts.
- The 57-year-old bus driver was not hurt and there were no reports of injured passengers, and police have urged anyone with witness accounts or dash-cam footage to contact the Forensic Crash Unit.
- The collapse of the brick shelter amplified the harm and investigators and the bus operator Kinetic are likely to consider both vehicle and infrastructure factors as they determine cause and next steps.