Gold Coast bus crash disrupts rush hour traffic

Two separate early morning bus crashes in Queensland have left more than a dozen people in hospital. 

A bus ploughed into a car in a horrific early morning smash on the Gold Coast Highway at Southport just before 6am on Friday, while a Greyhound bus and truck collided just before 2am at Ogmore north of Rockhampton in central Queensland on the same day. 

Ten people were taken to hospital as a result of the earlier smash, and a man is in Gold Coast Hospital with an injured leg after the Gold Coast crash.

The two vehicles collided on the Gold Coast Highway at Southport, Queensland just before 6am on Friday

Emergency services were still at the scene of the Gold Coast crash at 7am.  

The injuries suffered as a result of the collision are not expected to be life-threatening.

The smash closed eastbound lanes on the Gold Coast Highway.

The closure caused disruption to early morning rush-hour traffic.

Commuters were only affected for a short while however as the crash was cleared by 6.27am.

Queensland Traffic tweeted out that they were able to clear the debris from the crash and allow for flowing traffic on the busy highway. 

Of the ten people taken to hospital following the crash in Rockhampton six women and four men suffered only minor injuries.

The injuries suffered as a result of the collision are not expected to be life-threatening