RACQ LifeFlight airlifts motorcyclist after head-on collision

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue chopper was tasked to a motorbike crash in the Somerset region at 11:30am on Saturday (November 11).

It is believed a male, aged in his 40s, lost control of the motorbike going around a bend on a remote bush road and collided head-on with a 4WD.

The LifeFlight pilot was able to safely land in a nearby quarry close to the crash scene.

Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics, Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) officers and the Queensland Police Service (QPS) were on scene when the rescue chopper arrived.

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Critical Care Doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Flight Paramedic worked alongside QAS paramedics to treat the patient for serious leg injuries.

He was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

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