UPDATE: Serious traffic crash, Chermside

Officers investigating a serious traffic crash at Chermside last night have charged a man.

Police will allege around 5.30pm, a vehicle travelling east on Hamilton Road impacted with a traffic island before hitting another vehicle which was stationary on Webster Road at the approach to a roundabout.

Two women in the stationary vehicle were seriously injured and were transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) with serious injuries.

The 26-year-old male driver from Margate was also transported to the RBWH with a minor injury and has since been released and then charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm.

He is scheduled to appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court today.

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