LifeFlight airlifts man after fall from roof

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a man to hospital after he fell from a roof in Goodger, south of Kingaroy.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at 8:57am by Retrieval Services Queensland and landed on the scene at a private property.

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

The patient, aged in his 70s, was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition for further treatment.

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