Teenager stable in Brisbane hospital after shocking Boyne Island accident
A 15-year-old boy is in a stable condition in hospital after he was impaled by a stick when he fell from his motorbike in Gladstone.
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A 15-year-old boy remains in the Queensland Children’s Hospital after his chest was impaled by a stick in a horror motorbike accident.
A Queensland Children’s Hospital spokesperson said on Thursday that the teenager, who was injured and airlifted on January 7, was in a stable condition.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the boy’s motorbike crashed near Curtis Avenue and he received a penetrating chest wound from a stick.
Emergency services were called at 4.23pm.
A CapRescue spokesperson said their Rescue300 helicopter was tasked to the incident at 4.50pm.
The helicopter landed on the Boyne Island State School oval where they met with paramedics who had transported the boy to the location.
CapRescue’s critical care paramedic and doctor worked tirelessly to stabilise the boy.
Once stabilised, he was flown to Rockhampton Hospital in a stable condition where he was immediately taken into the emergency department.
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