June 15, 2017
A man aged in his 60s suffered serious injuries when his ute and a B-double truck carrying lengths of timber collided head-on on the Chinchilla-Wondai Road near Durong on Thursday afternoon.
An RACQ LifeFlight Rescue spokesperson said the man suffered suspected head, neck and limb injuries.
The truck driver had a lucky escape, suffering only minor injuries despite the roof of his truck being ripped open by trees on the side of the road.
Witnesses to the crash had to drive more than six kilometres to a farmhouse and use a landline to alert emergency services due to the lack of a mobile signal in the area.
The ute driver was airlifted by the RACQ LifeFlight helicopter to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane in a serious condition.
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Earlier on Thursday, the Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter attended a single vehicle crash on the Burnett Highway near Mulgildie.
The man, aged in his mid-60s, suffered suspected head injuries when his vehicle left the highway and rolled.
The RACQ LifeFlight helicopter was despatched to the scene just after 11:00am.
They stabilised the patient with the assistance of QAS paramedics, police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Service personnel.
The man was airlifted to Bundaberg Base Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.
