June 10, 2024
A motorbike rider was airlifted to hospital in a serious condition after a crash on Pierces Creek Road, between Blackbutt and Crows Nest, on Sunday.
Emergency services were called about 11:40am, with the Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter despatched about 12:30pm.
The chopper landed in a paddock, a short distance from the incident.
A LifeFlight spokesperson said it was believed the middle-aged man was riding his motorcycle around a bend when he lost control and veered off the road, crashing into a bush.
LifeFlight’s critical care doctor and QAS flight paramedic assisted local QAS paramedics in treating the patient for multiple injuries.
He was airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
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A man died following a fatal single-vehicle traffic crash in Silverleigh, north of Toowoomba, on Sunday morning.
Emergency services were called just before 9:30am to reports of a car rollover on Kingsthorpe-Silverleigh Road.
A 72-year-old Goombungee man, the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, suffered critical injuries and died at the scene.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
