Rider injured after slamming into tree on dirt track

UPDATE: The RACQ-CQ Rescue chopper was called to help because of the man’s location.

A rider flipped over the handle bars of his bike and slammed into a tree while riding a dirt track from Eungella Dam to Pinnacle. The RACQ CQ Rescue chopper was called to winch the man and fly him to Mackay Base Hospital. Photo: RACQ CQ Rescue

UPDATE: A rider who was seriously injured near Pinnacle on Saturday had been following a dirt track when he hit a large rock, flipped over the handlebars and slammed into a tree.

He suffered cuts to his face, a broken left femur and possible spinal injuries.

A rider flipped over the handle bars of his bike and slammed into a tree while riding a dirt track from Eungella Dam to Pinnacle. The RACQ CQ Rescue chopper was called to winch the man and fly him to Mackay Base Hospital. Photo: RACQ CQ Rescue

Paramedics were called to the site at Captains Crossing but because of his difficult location RACQ CQ Rescue was called about midday to winch the injured man before flying him to Mackay Base Hospital.

The helicopter landed at the Teemburra Dam car park to offload the aircraft’s Stryker stretcher and reconfigure the cabin for a winch rescue.

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A rescue crewman and paramedic were lowered to a nearby bush track to render medical aid to the man while the aircraft returned to the dam carpark to wait.

Once the patient was ready, the helicopter returned and hovered about 10 metres overhead while the paramedic and patient (in a stretcher) were winched up the aircraft first, followed by the rescue crewman.

The chopper arrived at the hospital by about 4pm.

EARLIER: The rescue chopper will be needed to help a rider with a serious leg injury after his motorbike crashed into a tree at Pinnacle.

Paramedics are currently with the man and police have also been called to the scene at the Pinnacle Septimus and Pinnacle Station Rds intersection.

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A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics responded to the crash about 11.37am Saturday following reports a man had received a leg injury.

Rider injured after bike crashes into tree at Pinnacle. Photo: Tara Miko

It is understood the man is at the top of a hilled area and has a compound fracture.

RACQ-CQ Rescue has been called because of the man’s location and will fly the patient to Mackay Base Hospital for further treatment.

More to come.

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