Paraglider airlifted from Cooloola Great walk with spinal injuries

A man in his 20s was rescued from the Cooloola Coast overnight and two people taken to Gympie Hospital after a car crash in Channon Street.

The Great Cooloola Walk, where a paraglider was airlifted after crashing on Tuesday night.

Paramedics were tasked to a paragliding incident involving a man in his 20s on the Cooloola Great Walk on the Cooloola Coast at 5.26pm on Tuesday.

Due to difficult terrain paramedics were unable to reach the patient by foot and he was subsequently extricated by rescue helicopter to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition with back and suspected spinal injuries.

In other overnight news, paramedics responded to a reported single-vehicle crash with fire on the Bruce Highway at 5.33pm on Tuesday.

A man and woman, both in their 20s, were assessed on scene, and the woman was transported to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

And back in Gympie, two patients were transported in stable conditions to Gympie Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on Channon Street at 6.22pm on Tuesday.

The Cooloola Great Walk at the Carlo Sand blow. Paramedics were tasked to a paragliding incident involving a man in his 20s on the Cooloola Great Walk on the Cooloola Coast at 5.26pm on Tuesday.