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Man hurts leg jumping off car on Fraser Island

RACQ CareFlight Rescue has flown to Fraser Island to airlift an injured French backpacker after he fractured his leg jumping off a four-wheel drive.

RACQ CareFlight Rescue has flown to Fraser Island to airlift an injured French backpacker after he fractured his leg jumping off a four-wheel drive.

CareFlight flew to Happy Valley yesterday at 8.30am to airlift the 31-year-old man.

After taking photographs from the top of his car the man jumped on to wet sand, mistaking it for a soft landing spot.

He was taken to the Bundaberg Base Hospital in a stable condition.

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