Qld: Two in critical condition after Willowbank crash

AAP General News (Australia)
02-11-2007
Qld: Two in critical condition after Willowbank crash

EDS: Clarifies men taken to two separate hospitals



BRISBANE, Feb 11 AAP - Two men are in a critical condition after their cars ploughed
into a wall at the Willowbank Raceway, west of Brisbane.

The men crashed their cars at high speed on a practice run just after 3pm (AEST) today
and had to be cut from the wreckage by firefighters, a Queensland Fire and Rescue Service
spokeswoman said.

A 20-year-old man was taken by helicopter to the Royal Brisbane Hospital, while another
man was airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Both had serious head and internal injuries.

The men were taking part in a training day at the car race track.

The identities of the injured men were not immediately available.

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