A cyclist was taken to hospital in a critical condition and four others were injured after being involved in a collision with a car in Brisbane’s West End on Friday.

The Queensland ambulance service said five people had been injured when the car hit the group of cyclists on Dornoch Terrace in Highgate Hill about 6.20am on Friday.

A 54-year-old woman’s injuries were initially thought to be life-threatening, but her condition was later said to have improved.

Queensland Ambulance senior operations supervisor Matthew Hannaberry described the scene of the crash on Dornoch Terrace in Highgate Hill as “chaotic” due to the number of people involved.

But he said paramedics were able to take the critically injured woman to hospital within minutes.

“Upon our arrival, it was quite a chaotic scene because not only were the cyclists that had been involved in the incident there, there were another dozen cyclists who had been travelling in that peloton,” he said.

The 54-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man were taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital. The man, 51, sustained broken bones and was due to undergo surgery.

The other three cyclists – a 45-year-old man, a 54-year-old woman and a 49-year-old man – were taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital.

The 22-year-old driver of the car was not physically injured but was treated for shock on the scene.



“There were some local residents who were providing first aid until our paramedics arrived,” Hannaberry said.

Reports from the scene indicated the driver might have been blinded by the sun as he performed a U-turn.



Dornoch Terrace was closed to traffic as police began investigating. It was later reopened, the Courier-Mail reported.