October 9, 2023
A man aged in his 30s was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after a vehicle hit a cow at Pimpimbudgee on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to incident on Middle Creek-Cooyar Road just before 4:00pm.
A QAS spokesperson said the man suffered arm, chest and lower limb injuries.
He was airlifted by the Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight helicopter to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.
A second man in the vehicle, also aged in his 30s, suffered suspected chest injuries and was transported by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition.
The vehicle involved was pulling a trailer.
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A woman aged in her 20s and two children were taken to Kingaroy Hospital by ambulance after a single-vehicle rollover on Thompson Road at Runnymede just before 6:00pm on Saturday.
A QAS spokesperson said the woman, a teenager and a toddler all suffered minor injuries and were transported in a stable condition.
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A teenage girl was taken to Kingaroy Hospital after falling while roller skating at Nanango on Saturday night.
QAS paramedics were called to Elk Street at 7:34pm.
The girl was transported in a stable condition with neck pain.
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A woman aged in her 60s suffered a significant hand injury while working with cattle at Tablelands on Sunday afternoon.
Paramedics were called to the private property at 12:05pm.
The woman’s hand was crushed while she was drafting cattle.
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An elderly woman was transported to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition after a single-vehicle crash at Benarkin on Sunday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the incident, near the intersection of Scott Street and the D’Aguilar Highway, just before 4:00pm.
The woman’s vehicle ended up in a ditch on the side of the road.
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The LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service helicopter airlifted a man to hospital after the quad bike he was riding rolled on a private property in the Toowoomba region on Sunday evening.
The aeromedical team was despatched about 5:15pm and landed in a nearby paddock.
The patient, aged in his 50s, suffered chest injuries and was flown to Toowoomba Hospital for further treatment.
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Paramedics transported a man in his 20s with head injuries to Ipswich University Hospital after a single-vehicle crash on the Brisbane Valley Highway at 11:56pm on Friday.
The incident occured near the intersection with Dennehys Road, north of Esk.
The man was transported in a stable condition.
