June 3, 2024
A truck driver was injured when a B-double ran off the road and hit a tree at Chahpingah on Monday morning.
The incident occurred on Kingaroy-Burrandowan Road about 6:30am.
A QAS spokesperson said the driver, aged in his 50s, suffered facial, chest and arm injuries and was taken by ambulance to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition.
Three fire crews also attended the incident but the driver was already out of the cabin.
Emergency crews remained on scene for several hours to make the area safe.
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A teenage boy was airlifted from the Manar Park off-road recreational park at Boondooma on Sunday morning after the latest motorcycle crash at the facility.
A QAS spokesperson said the boy was flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital with suspected spinal injuries.
Emergency services were called to the incident about 11:00am.
Just a week earlier, helicopters were called to Manar Park twice for medevacs of three injured riders.
And over the Easter long weekend, rescue helicopters were called to the venue four times to help five people injured in separate incidents.
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QAS paramedics assessed two people after a collision at the corner of Kent and Albert streets in Kingaroy on Sunday morning.
The incident occurred just before 10:00am.
A QAS spokesperson said the pair declined transport to hospital.
