Emergency wrap: Toowoomba crash leaves boy in hospital, bystanders assist family

In an extraordinary showing of community spirit, Toowoomba residents banded together to support a family after their car crashed into a tree on Christmas Day. Now police are appealing for information, with a boy suffering serious injuries.

A Christmas Day crash that left a young boy in hospital with serious injuries appears to have brought out the best in Toowoomba, with as many as 20 bystanders gathering to lend support.

The incident on West St not far from the corner of Bridge St in Toowoomba occurred about 5pm on Sunday when a hatchback came off the road and hit a tree.

The young boy was rushed to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious condition with a head injury before being flown to Brisbane.

A nearby resident, who declined to be named, said she heard the crash and rushed to help the family of four in the car.

#ToowoombaCity - A single vehicle incident involving a tree occurred on West Street at 5.03pm. 4 patients were transported to Toowoomba Hospital in stable conditions.

— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) December 25, 2022

She said within minutes there were more than a dozen people there either ringing triple-0, using their vehicles to block off the area to oncoming traffic or tending to the young boy.

“I supported (the boy’s) head and with other people walked him over to the side of the road and held his head,” the woman said.

“There were several people helping the boy, including one man who was checking his pulse and another that was assessing his breathing.

“I’d say within five minutes there were five people on the phones ringing.

“As soon as I got involved it was a blur, but when I next looked up five cars had blocked the traffic so no one could get near the road.

“Nobody sat there and thought about filming. People just wanted to use their hands.”

The woman said the community’s response to the incident was a great example of Australian values.

“I personally think it’s in the Australian identity. it’s an Australian trait, it’s how we’re raised - to help someone,” she said.

“It’s our identity and culture, it’s instilling that value as kids that anyone should be expected to provide support and run at the sight of any sort of need.”

Police are calling for dashcam footage of the incident, which involved a 2007 Honda Jazz hatchback.

Anyone with information can ring PoliceLink on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

EARLIER: Police call for dashcam footage of Toowoomba crash

A young boy has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash in Toowoomba on Christmas Day.

Police are calling for dashcam footage of the incident on West St in Toowoomba City, which was reported to emergency services just after 5pm.

The crash involved a purple 2007 Honda Jazz hatchback, that was travelling north along the road before it crashed into a tree.

The young boy was rushed to Toowoomba Hospital in a serious condition with a head injury before being flown to Brisbane.

The other occupants, a man and woman in their 20s and a young girl, were not seriously injured.

Glenvale crash among four incidents over Christmas weekend

A woman in her 30s was taken to hospital after her vehicle crashed in Toowoomba’s western suburbs on Sunday night.

The incident along Cooper Rd in Glenvale was reported to authorities just before 8.30pm.

The woman was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.

Earlier on Christmas Day, a primary school-aged boy suffered facial injuries after he came off a bicycle in Drayton just after 9am.

He crashed on the corner of Westminster and Darling streets and was taken to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.

Two people were taken to separate hospitals after a single-vehicle crash in the Lockyer Valley in the early hours of Christmas Day.

#Gatton - Paramedics transported three stable patients following a single-vehicle incident on Old College Road at 2.55am, two to the Toowoomba Hospital and one to the Ipswich Hospital. pic.twitter.com/vp7F0Lx8be

— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) December 24, 2022

Paramedics attended the incident on Old College Rd in Gatton just before 3am, before taking one patient to Toowoomba Hospital and another to Ipswich Hospital.

Finally, a single-vehicle rollover on Millard Rd at Pechey on Christmas Eve left one person in hospital.

The incident was reported about 3pm, with another occupant of the vehicle declining a trip to hospital.