July 4, 2017
An elderly woman was airlifted to hospital on Tuesday with serious injuries after a fatal single-vehicle crash on the Esk-Hampton Road.
The male passenger she was travelling with died after their car left the road and hit a tree just before 1:00pm.
Ambulance paramedics and QFES personnel freed the woman from the car and treated her at the scene for multiple injuries.
QAS paramedics then drove the woman six kilometres west to a paddock where the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter could land.
A critical care doctor on board the helicopter spent more than an hour at the scene stabilising the patient before she was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.
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The Brisbane-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue chopper has also had a busy day, airlifting two young boys from Cherbourg Hospital.
A six-year-old boy was airlifted to the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane after a metal door on an animal enclosure flung open and struck him in the eye.
And a two-year-old boy was airlifted to Toowoomba Base Hospital with a respiratory condition. He travelled in a stable condition.
