Five people have been taken to hospital following a nasty two-car crash on the northern Gold Coast.

The vehicles collided along Coles Drive in Ormeau just before 10.30am on Sunday.

The impact of the crash caused one of the vehicles to roll.

Two adults and three children thankfully managed to escape with only minor injuries.

They were treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in stable conditions.

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