Boy, 9, dies after motorbike incident on Forest Hill Fernvale Rd at Lynford

A nine-year-old boy has died after he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash west of Brisbane.

The Queensland Ambulance Service was called to the scene about 5pm. Picture: Generic/ Bev Lacey / The Chronicle

A nine-year-old boy has died after he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash in South East Queensland on Tuesday afternoon.

Paramedics were tasked to attend the property on Forest Hill Fernvale Rd, Lynford around 4.30pm after reports the boy hit a trailer while travelling on a motorbike.

A rescue helicopter was dispatched as the boy suffered critical injuries on scene, however, he died a short time later.

Police will prepare a report for the coroner

It comes after a child was seriously hurt after being struck by a car north of Brisbane earlier.

The child was taken to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in a serious condition with head, facial, pelvic and leg injuries after he and a man in his 30s were struck by a car while riding bicycles on Griffith Road, Scarborough, just after 3pm. The man was taken to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition after he suffered a minor arm injury.

Earlier, a woman was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a serious condition after a crash near Kilcoy in the Somerset region, about 1pm.

And in the state’s Far North, an elderly woman suffered serious injuries after a two cars collided head-on near Lake Eacham, east of Atherton, about 12.30pm. The woman suffered head and chest injuries and was taken to Atherton Hospital.

Originally published as Boy, 9, dies after motorbike incident on Forest Hill Fernvale Rd at Lynford