LifeFlight airlifts man after motorbike crash

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a man to hospital after a motorbike crash in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

The LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at 11.40am by Retrieval Services Queensland and landed in a paddock east of Kenilworth bringing a specialist medical team directly to the patient.

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

The man, in his 60s, was airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for further treatment.

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