Man hospitalised after Fraser Coast national park quad bike crash

A rescue chopper has rushed an elderly man to hospital after he rolled his quad bike at a Fraser Coast national park with poor phone reception.

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the Fraser Coast region Tuesday afternoon after a man rolled a quad bike off a sandy embankment in a national park.

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the Fraser Coast region Tuesday afternoon after a man rolled a quad bike off a sandy embankment in a national park.

It is believed he was sitting on the quad bike when the sand bank gave way, and it rolled before landing less than a metre away from a creek.

Despite terrible phone reception the man managed to get through to triple-0.

The chopper was tasked around 3.30pm.

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the Fraser Coast region Tuesday afternoon after a man rolled a quad bike off a sandy embankment in a national park. Picture: RACQ LifeFlight Rescue

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The pilot landed the aircraft in a nearby national park clearing and the rescue crew walked a short distance to the incident scene.

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The critical care doctor and flight paramedic treated the man, aged in his 70s, for head lacerations and chest injuries.

He was flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.