Boy, 9, dies after motorbike incident on Forest Hill Fernvale Rd at Lynford

A nine-year-old boy has died after he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash west of Brisbane.

The Queensland Ambulance Service was called to the scene about 5pm. Picture: Generic/ Bev Lacey / The Chronicle

A nine-year-old boy has died after he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash in South East Queensland on Tuesday afternoon.

Paramedics were tasked to attend the property on Forest Hill Fernvale Rd, Lynford around 4.30pm after reports the boy hit a trailer while travelling on a motorbike.

A rescue helicopter was dispatched as the boy suffered critical injuries on scene, however, he died a short time later.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner

It comes after a child was seriously hurt after being struck by a car north of Brisbane earlier.

The child was taken to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in a serious condition with head, facial, pelvic and leg injuries after he and a man in his 30s were struck by a car while riding bicycles on Griffith Road, Scarborough, just after 3pm. The man was taken to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition after he suffered a minor arm injury.

Earlier, a woman was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a serious condition after a crash near Kilcoy in the Somerset region, about 1pm.

And in the state’s Far North, an elderly woman suffered serious injuries after a two cars collided head-on near Lake Eacham, east of Atherton, about 12.30pm. The woman suffered head and chest injuries and was taken to Atherton Hospital.