Rescue helicopter at Clarke Creek after motorbike and kangaroo collide

A rescue helicopter crew is on scene treating a motorbike rider in a serious condition after he and a kangaroo collided south of Mackay.

A rescue helicopter crew is on scene in Clarke Creek after a motorbike rider and kangaroo collided early Tuesday.

A police spokesman said the crash happened on Marlborough Sarina Rd, about 20km south of Clarke Creek State School, at 5.45am.

A RACQ helicopter was tasked to the crash as emergency ground crews rushed to the scene. Picture: Matthew Forrest

The RACQ CQ helicopter was tasked to the crash as police, paramedics and fire crews rushed to the scene.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the man in his 50s was being assessed for head, shoulder, chest and arm injuries.

The spokesman said the man was in a serious but stable condition.

It is understood the collision happened close to where a triple-fatal crash claimed the life of two-year-old Izaya Jasperson in November.