MORE than a dozen people were injured when a truck and a mini-bus collided at Corrimal this morning.

Emergency services were called to the Princes Highway and Tarrawanna Road intersection at around 11am.

Two people suffered serious head injuries and one of them has been airlifted to a Sydney hospital with facial injuries and a skull fracture.

The 12 other patients, elderly passengers with impaired vision, were treated for minor injuries.

The Princes Highway was closed to southbound traffic and vehicles were diverted into Railway Street.