Emergency crews rush to truck crash, teen girl struck by boat propeller

Emergency crews raced to separate emergencies on the Fraser Coast on Saturday, including a truck into a power pole and a teenage girl with a significant leg injury from a boat propeller.

A power pole was struck by a semi on Alice St in Maryborough

Emergency crews were kept busy on the Fraser Coast on Saturday when a truck crashed into a power pole on Alice St at Maryborough and a teenage girl had to be airlifted after a boating accident at K’gari.

The crash happened between Harwood St and Cheapside Streets about 11.40am after a truck struck a power pole, forcing Alice St to be closed to traffic.

It is understood no one was injured.

Motorists were urged to avoid the area and seek alternate routes, while power to homes and businesses in the area was affected.

About 10.19am, emergency services were also called to the scene of a boating incident involving a propeller on K’gari.

The Bundaberg LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a teenage girl to hospital today after a boating incident.

The Bundaberg LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a teenage girl to hospital after a boating incident.

The aeromedical team was tasked to K’gari at 10.56am.

The helicopter landed on the beach and the LifeFlight critical care doctor and a paramedic treated the girl for significant lacerations to her leg.

It is believed she was on a small, rubber tender from a nearby catamaran when she was hit by a propeller.

She was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition.

It comes just hours after Fraser Coast crews responded to two other crashes and a man who had fallen from a roof overnight.

Originally published as Emergency crews rush to truck crash, teen girl struck by boat propeller