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Emergency workers have been kept busy with a series of accidents across the Sunshine Coast, with at least four incidents in about four hours.

The Queensland Ambulance Service responded to calls at Minyama, Buderim, Maroochydore and Buddina.

A man in his 30s was in a stable condition after a vehicle hit a power pole on Nicklin Way northbound at 6.37am.

A man in his late 20s was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition after a vehicle struck a parked vehicle on Water Street, Buderim, at 5.50am.

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Meanwhile, no injuries were reported at the scene of a vehicle fire on the corner of Maroochydore Road and Broadmeadows Road at 4.48am, with paramedics on standby.

There was a significant three-car crash at Buddina at 8.52am, and a woman in her 20s (minor chest pain) and a teenage male (head lacerations) were taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in stable conditions.

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