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GOLD COAST TRAM DERAILED AFTER COLLIDING WITH FIRE TRUCK

A tram driver and two emergency services personnel have been hospitalised after a crash between a tram and a fire truck on the Gold Coast.

The collision occured shortly before 8am on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Surfers Paradise Boulevard in Surfers Paradise.

The impact derailed the tram and shut down the Gold Coast’s main public transport system.

The tram driver and QFES officers were taken to hospital with minor injuries, while paramedics assessed the 17 people on board the tram at the scene.

It’s the first derailment in two and a half years of operation of G-LINK.

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