April 16, 2024
A driver aged in his 60s has been airlifted to hospital with critical injuries after a garbage truck rolled at Boyneside on Tuesday morning.
Emergency crews were called to the crash, on Niagara Road near Bilboa Road, at 10:23am.
It is believed the man was found unconscious and trapped in the truck by a motorist driving past who then alerted the QAS.
QFES crews used cutting equipment to free the man.
The Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter, which landed in a nearby paddock, then airlifted the man to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition.
A QAS spokesperson said the driver suffered chest, leg and facial injuries.
The site is close to the laydown area for the construction of the Wambo wind farm.
[UPDATED. Published originally as “Chopper Called To Truck Crash”]
