Teen boy fighting for life after motorbike crash on Red Rover Rd, Gladstone

There has been a significant update in the condition of a teenage boy who suffered horrific injuries after crashing his motorbike down an embankment in an off-road dirt area at Gladstone. LATEST

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the boy sustained a life-threatening head injury as well as limb injuries. FILE PHOTO

There has been a positive update in the condition of a teenage boy who suffered horrific injuries after crashing his motorbike down an embankment at Gladstone last weekend.

On Tuesday the boy in his early teens was in a critical condition in Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, but on Friday a Children’s Health Queensland spokeswoman said the boy’s condition was now stable.

The boy suffered life-threatening injuries in the incident, with emergency crews called to Red Rover Rd in the Gladstone suburb of Callemondah about 10am on Saturday.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman previously said the boy sustained a life-threatening head injury as well as limb injuries.

“He was taken under lights and sirens through to Gladstone Hospital (on Saturday),” the QAS spokeswoman said.

“He’s severely injured.”

The boy suffered life-threatening injuries in the crash with emergency crews called to Red Rover Rd in the Gladstone suburb of Callemondah.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the crash happened in an “off road” dirt area and not on a bitumen road.

A QAS spokeswoman said the motorbike went down an embankment.

She said the boy was ultimately flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital by Royal Flying Doctor Service.

“He was flown with a doctor and a nurse (on board),” the QAS spokeswoman said.

It is not known who the boy was with at the time of the crash.

On Tuesday a police spokeswoman said the incident was still being investigated by the Forensic Crash Unit.