The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has airlifted a man to hospital, after he was injured when the ute he was driving collided with a tree this afternoon.
The incident happened in a rural area in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
The rescue chopper was tasked to the crash site around midday.
The pilot landed the aircraft in a large clearing close to the scene, where other emergency services were working to free the trapped driver from his vehicle.
Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) officers transported the man to the waiting rescue helicopter.
He was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
