June 9, 2014
The RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter flew to the Manar Park motocross park near Boondooma on Saturday evening to help a Brisbane man who was injured after coming off his dirt bike.
The 44-year-old man suffered a leg injury.
The Bundaberg-based RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter was requested to attend about 6:00pm.
A CareFlight paramedic treated the man’s injuries before he was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital.
He travelled in a stable condition, accompanied by his teenage daughter.
It was the second dirt bike related mission RACQ CareFlight Rescue performed on Saturday.
The Toowoomba-based helicopter airlifted a teenage boy who crashed his bike at a Glamorgan Vale motocross facility in the Lockyer Valley.
He was airlifted to the Mater Children’s Hospital in a stable condition.