Bunya Mountain crash: Rescue helicopter tasked to serious car crash
Multiple fire crews and the rescue helicopter have worked “extensively” to free an elderly couple after they became trapped in their vehicle following a crash in the Bunya Mountains.
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Fire crews have freed two patients who were trapped in a car for a number of hours, after a serious crash between Dalby and Kingaroy.
Three fire crews, as well as paramedics, responded to reports of a single-vehicle accident on Bunya Mountains Rd at about 2pm.
Two elderly patients were eventually freed and airlifted to hospital in Brisbane.
A spokeswoman from Queensland Ambulance Police said the crews worked “extensively” to free a male in his 70s and a female in her 70s.
The male patients reportedly suffered head injuries, while the woman had chest pain.
Both were airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in stable conditions.
It comes after police confirmed 28-year-old Glenrae man died following a single vehicle crash at Glenrae, near Mundubbera.
About 6:30pm a member of the community alerted police and emergency services to a car in bushland off Boondooma Road.
Preliminary investigations suggest the vehicle was travelling south when it left the road and crashed into a tree.
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