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Boy suffers horror leg injury in motocross crash at Mundubbera

A boy has been flown to the hospital after he lost control of his motocross bike and crashed into a ditch, suffering a ‘significant’ leg injury. VIDEO

Boy suffers horror leg injury in motocross crash

A boy has been flown to the Bundaberg hospital after he lost control of his motocross bike and crashed into a ditch.

The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew treated the young rider following the motocross accident at Mundubbera in the North Burnett region.

The helicopter was tasked to a recreational park about 3:30pm on Sunday.

The LifeFlight helicopter landed close to the scene and the LifeFlight critical care doctor, flight paramedic and local Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics treated him for a significant leg injury.

The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew flown a boy to hospital following a motocross accident at Mundubbera in the North Burnett region.
The Bundaberg-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew flown a boy to hospital following a motocross accident at Mundubbera in the North Burnett region.

He was flown to the Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition.

It comes after a woman in her 20s was flown in a stable condition from near Gympie to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital on Thursday afternoon after an attempted dirt bike jump went badly wrong.

On Friday, a young boy was killed in a buggy rollover on a private property near Noosa.

Emergency services were called to the property at Cooran around 3.30pm where the young boy, aged under 10, had suffered critical injuries.

A rescue helicopter was sent to the scene and paramedics attempted to work on the boy but he could not be saved.

Originally published as Boy suffers horror leg injury in motocross crash at Mundubbera

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/regional/boy-suffers-horror-leg-injury-in-motocross-crash-at-mundubbera/news-story/07b3488cb12a5d8ae169a5d9904590e5