Overview
- Girls aged one and three are in critical condition at Queensland Children's Hospital after being airlifted from the scene.
- Their mother, in her 30s, is in a stable condition at Sunshine Coast University Hospital with head and chest injuries.
- Police say a dump truck first hit one vehicle, then continued and struck several stopped cars, pinning the family’s blue station wagon against a construction site.
- Paramedics assessed seven people, with several others taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital; the truck driver was among those treated.
- Investigators from the forensic crash unit are reviewing road and weather factors and are appealing for CCTV and dashcam footage as bystanders’ early aid is acknowledged.