Man suffers ‘significant leg injury’ after quad bike accident
A man in his 50s was flown to hospital after a quad bike crash, which has been one of three trips for rescue chopper crews into the South Burnett over the past two days.
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A man in his 50s was flown to hospital after a quad bike accident in Blackbutt South this morning.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said emergency crews were called to a property in Blackbutt South at 9.41am on Sunday morning.
“He had a significant leg injury,” the spokeswoman said.
He was later flown to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition.
This incident was one of three emergencies in the past two days in which South Burnett patients were flown to hospital.
On Saturday three children were injured, with one suffering serious stomach injuries, after two separate incidents at a popular motorbike park in the South Burnett.
A primary school aged child was flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital in the morning.
A teenager was flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital later in the afternoon.
On Sunday morning, a primary school aged child suffered head and facial injuries after falling from a horse and was initially going to be flown to hospital but was instead taken to Kingaroy Hospital by ambulance.
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