Rescue helicopter tasked to South Burnett property after man impaled
A man has been flown to hospital after he tripped over and fell on a piece of metal at a property west of Toowoomba.
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A man has been flown to hospital after his leg was impaled on metal reinforcing in the South Burnett today.
It’s believed the man tripped over and landed on the rusty piece of metal, which was being used to reinforce concrete.
Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the property just before 9am.
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics, who initially treated the patient at the scene, transported him to a nearby oval, where the helicopter landed.
The man, aged in his 60s, was flown to Toowoomba Hospital to have the piece of rod removed from his lower leg.
He travelled under the care of a RACQ LifeFlight rescue critical care doctor and QAS flight paramedic.
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