{"id":327529,"date":"2022-12-07T16:02:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T06:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=327529"},"modified":"2022-12-07T18:48:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T08:48:07","slug":"three-choppers-called-to-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/12\/07\/three-choppers-called-to-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Choppers Called To Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_327537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327537\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327537\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A second rescue helicopter lands near the crash site at Cushnie (Photo: RACQ LifeFlight)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 7, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three LifeFlight rescue helicopters were called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at Cushnie on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>A QAS spokesperson said three people suffered serious injuries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A man, aged in his 20s-30s, was airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane in a critical condition with chest injuries,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A woman, aged in her 70s, was airlifted in a serious but stable condition to Royal Brisbane and Women&#8217;s Hospital with leg injuries and abdominal pain, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A woman, aged in her 40s, was airlifted to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious condition with pelvic injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Emergency services were called to the crash on Cushnie Road, between Quarry Road and Reinkes Road, about 11:13am.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Six QFES crews attended the scene and the LifeFlight helicopters landed on the road nearby.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived they found two occupants still trapped inside one of the vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>A QFES spokesperson said the driver was freed first but hydraulic cutting equipment had to be used to free the passenger from the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>Both patients had been freed by 12:15pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Forensic Crash Unit has been called to the scene to investigate the cause of the collision.<\/p>\n<p>One of the vehicles reportedly crashed into the side of the other.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327538\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-327538\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221207crash2-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The three LifeFlight helicopters at the scene &#8230; the Brisbane and Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight choppers and the Toowoomba LifeFlight Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) helicopter (Photo: RACQ LifeFlight)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>[UPDATED]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three LifeFlight rescue helicopters were called to the scene of a two-vehicle collision at Cushnie on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":327537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[25,425,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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