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Traffic is back to normal on the Bruxner Highway following an earlier accident involving a car and a motorbike at Wollongbar.

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The Bruxner Highway at Lindendale Road, Wollongbar, has been reduced to a stop/slow contra-flow operation following an earlier accident between a car and a motorbike.

Emergency services are on the scene.

The condition of the people involved is not yet known.

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