LifeFlight airlifts man after truck and utility crash

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a man to hospital after a truck and utility collided in the Sunshine Coast region.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked by Retrieval Services Queensland at 9.20am and landed at a nearby golf club.

The critical care LifeFlight doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to treat the man for chest, pelvic and limb injuries.

The patient, in his 40s, was airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition.

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