August 27, 2017
Recreational motorbike riders in the South Burnett kept RACQ LifeFlight helicopters busy at the weekend, with two medevacs from Cooyar and one from Boondooma.
On Saturday afternoon, a 29-year-old man was airlifted by the Sunshine Coast-based helicopter after he lost control of his bike and crashed at Motocross Mountain near Cooyar.
The rider impaled his arm on the clutch lever of the bike.
He was treated at the scene by QAS paramedics and the LifeFlight critical care doctor before being flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
On Sunday afternoon, a 14-year-old girl was airlifted to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital after crashing her motorbike at Manar Park near Boondooma.
A LifeFlight spokesperson said the teenager is believed to have lost control of her bike and sustained a possible spinal injury.
The girl was transported by the Sunshine Coast-based helicopter in a stable condition.
The third motorcycle incident occurred at Motocross Mountain, near Cooyar, on Sunday.
The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight helicopter was called to assist a 27-year-old woman involved in a motocross mishap.
It is believed the woman was attempting a jump at the park when she lost control and crashed, badly injuring her right foot.
The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue crew worked alongside the Queensland Ambulance Service to treat the woman before flying her to Toowoomba Hospital.
The woman was transported in a stable condition.
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Also on Saturday, the Sunshine Coast rescue helicopter airlifted a 22-year-old man to hospital after he suffered a suspected spinal injury in a two-vehicle crash south-west of Gympie.
The RACQ LifeFlight helicoper was called to the scene about 10:30am.
The man was flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
