Off-duty paramedic, helicopter to rescue of man after horror ute rollover

An off-duty paramedic and rescue helicopter crew have helped save a man who was in a horror ute rollover which left his crumpled vehicle about 30 metres into the scrub after it crashed into trees. PHOTOS

The Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a man after a single vehicle crash in the Gladstone region on Monday afternoon.

An off-duty paramedic and rescue helicopter crew have helped save a man who was in a horror ute rollover which left his crumpled vehicle about 30 metres into the scrub after it crashed into trees.

The Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew attended the single vehicle incident in the Gladstone region on Monday afternoon.

It's believed the utility he was driving veered off the road and rolled before crashing into trees.

The rescue chopper was tasked to the scene at around 4.30pm.

The crew was able to land the chopper on the road around 100 metres from the scene.

An off-duty Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedic who witnessed the crash, was able to initially treat the patient at the scene before other QAS paramedics, Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland Fire & Emergency Services (QFES) arrived.

The Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew flown a man after a single vehicle crash in the Gladstone region.

A LifeFlight critical care doctor and QAS paramedic then intubated the patient and treated him for multiple injuries.

The man was flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

An off-duty paramedic, local QAS and rescue helicopter crew treated the man after a single vehicle crash in the Gladstone region.

Earlier, a child was injured in a motorcycle crash in the Central Highlands.

Police and ambulance are on scene at the accident, which happened about 3.55pm on Bradman Street in Tieri, west of Emerald.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said officers were assessing a male child with a leg injury.

Emergency services rushed to the small town 70km south of Dysart just before 4pm after it was reported that two motorcycles had collided at a traffic intersection.

The crash occurred at the junction of Bradman St and Olympic St and resulted in one boy requiring medical attention from paramedics.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the accident was caused by two youths riding dirt bikes, with one fracturing his leg as well as injuring his pelvis.

RACQ CapRescue was tasked to the incident shortly after paramedics assessed the patient to take the boy to Rockhampton Hospital.

Ambulance officers are also assessing one patient after a single-vehicle rollover on Euribumla Road at Round Hill in the Gladstone Region.

That accident happened about 3.50pm.

Originally published as Off-duty paramedic, helicopter to rescue of man after horror ute rollover