A two-year-old girl hit by the starting gate in a harness racing accident north of Brisbane on Saturday is in a critical condition with facial injuries.
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Police said one of the gates attached to the starting vehicle did not retract and hit spectators watching on the side of the track at Redcliffe Paceway just before 7pm.
The girl was taken by ambulance to Queensland Children’s Hospital in a critical condition with face and abdominal injuries.
Queensland Ambulance Service operations supervisor James Thompson described the scene as "fairly chaotic" when paramedics first arrived.
Two critical care paramedics, the High Acuity Response Unit and three ambulances responded to the incident.
A 39-year-old woman and one-year-old boy were also taken to QCH, but their injuries were non-life-threatening.
A 39-year-old man was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
All four victims were from Kensington Grove, in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, and were believed to be a mother, father and their two children.
Redcliffe Harness Racing Club posted on Facebook on Sunday: "Our thoughts & love with those injured in the mobile incident (no names deliberately). Thanks to everyone who helped so quickly."
The Forensic Crash Unit and Workplace Health and Safety were investigating.
