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Motorbike rider in Sunshine Coast hospital following Palmwoods crash

Paramedics have rushed a motorbike rider to a Sunshine Coast hospital following a crash. It comes after emergency crews in the area responded to multiple callouts overnight.

Emergency services were kept busy on the Sunshine Coast overnight during three separate incidents. Picture: Zizi Averill.
Emergency services were kept busy on the Sunshine Coast overnight during three separate incidents. Picture: Zizi Averill.

A motorbike rider has been taken to a Sunshine Coast hospital in a serious but stable condition following a crash in Palmwoods early Saturday.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the man in his 40s suffered a significant cut to his leg after he crashed into a retaining wall on McKays Lane at 5.49am.

Driver in hospital after car crashes into Little Mountain home

He was taken to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

In a busy night for emergency services, paramedics also treated a man in his 50s with smoke inhalation and transported him in a stable condition to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital after a unit fire on Hemdan Crt in Nambour about 10pm.

A Queensland Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said two crews were called to a complex of 10 units after reports of smoke coming from one of the units.

He said the fire took less than 10 minutes to extinguish.

In Little Mountain, a 40-year-old man declined transport to hospital after a car crash and fire on Sugar Bag Road about 1.10am.

A Queensland Police spokesman said the Suzuki Swift lost control on a turn in the road, crashed and then caught alight.

Following the crash a man, 40, was charged with obstruct police and will face Caloundra Magistrates Court on December 21.

A Queensland Police spokeswoman said officers were again called to Sugar Bag Road, near Rosewood Drive, at 6.38am on December 4 following reports of another single-vehicle crash.

A car had crashed into a parked car.

The driver had fled the scene and the police investigation continued.

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