Updated ,first published
About 20 people have been injured, with at least three are fighting for life, after a bus rollover in north Queensland.
Emergency services were called to the vehicle – which had 29 people on board – on the Bruce Highway at Gumlu just before 4pm.
The Queensland Ambulance Service said at least 20 people were injured and three were in critical condition. Fifteen people were in hospital just after 6pm.
The crash occurred near Rangemore Road and the Bruce Highway was closed in both directions.
The site is about 90 minutes south of Townsville by car.
Helicopters were flown in from Mackay and Townsville, with the first patients taken to hospital just after 5pm.
Passengers were taken to hospitals in Ayr, Bowen and Townsville.
Police confirmed they had officers on the scene, but said details of the crash were yet to be confirmed.
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