Motorcycle vs. kangaroo leaves man injured

A motorcyclist has been injured in a night time crash after one of the local wildlife wandered onto the Bruce Hwy.

A motorcyclist has injured his arm in a crash after a kangaroo hopped into his path on the Bruce Hwy outside Gympie.

Paramedics rushed to the scene near the highway’s intersection with Fisherman’s Pocket Rd at Chatsworth when the crash happened about 8pm on Sunday.

The man sustained an arm injury and was taken to Gympie Hospital in a stable condition, a Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said.

The crash came after another between a motorcycle and a car which caused traffic chaos on the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast on Sunday afternoon.

The crash happened in the southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway at Beerburrum just before 1pm.

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Paramedics on the scene assessed the motorcyclist – a male in his 40s – for a significant foot injury.

The crash blocked both southbound lanes causing traffic to quickly bank up on the highway. Motorists returning to Brisbane were caught in a five kilometre long carpark as emergency workers treated the injured motorcyclist.

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The rider appeared to be travelling in a group with others on the side of the highway watching on as paramedics worked on him on a stretcher before he was put into the ambulance.

Meanwhile, emergency crews rushed to Rainbow Beach Rd around 9am on Sunday morning after a car reportedly slipped and rolled off the road, leaving a man in his 50s with serious injuries to his head, back and shoulders.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesperson said the man had a lengthy extrication from his car, and paramedics worked to stabilise him and prepare him for transport as a rescue helicopter landed in a sports field.

Originally published as Motorcycle vs. kangaroo leaves man injured