The Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has airlifted a man to hospital, after he was injured in a quad bike incident in the Western Downs, this afternoon.
It’s believed the man, who is aged in his 60s, had been attempting to reverse a quad bike off the back of a trailer, when the ramp collapsed.
He suffered shoulder injuries as a result.
The rescue chopper was called into action just before 5pm.
Local Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics transported the man from the scene of the incident to a nearby health facility, where they met with the aeromedical crew.
The patient was then flown to Toowoomba Hospital, for further treatment.
He was transported, under the supervision of the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Critical Care Doctor, in a stable condition.
