Hit by car, thrown in gully: Jogger fights for life

A young man is fighting for life with the help of passers-by, after he was hit by a car and thrown into a gully.

MAN CRITICAL: A man in his mid 20s is in a critical condition after being hit by a car at Glasshouse Mountains and carried 50m on the bonnet before being thrown into a gully.

THE horrific details of a crash that left a young man with significant head injuries this morning have been revealed.

A man in his 20s was running along Old Gympie Rd at Glasshouse Mountains at about 11.15am when he was struck by a car that came around a bend.

He was reportedly carried nearly 50m on the bonnet, before it collided with a bridge, throwing him into a nearby gully.

Bystanders pulled the man from the water and performed first aid, before Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics arrived.

 

A man in his mid 20s is in a critical condition after being hit by a car at Glasshouse Mountains and carried 50m on the bonnet before being thrown into a gully.

 

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue's aeromedical team treated the man for significant head injuries.

He was flown to Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a critical condition.

Originally published as Hit by car, thrown in gully: Jogger fights for life