The Land Rover LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter has airlifted a woman to hospital after a horse riding incident in the Gympie region.
It’s believed she was riding with a group of five others through farm land, when an alpaca charged at them, spooking the horses and causing the woman to fall off.
The horse then fell back and landed on the woman.
The rescue helicopter was tasked to the scene just before lunch time and landed on the road near the incident scene.
The woman, aged in her fifties, was initially treated by the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) before being transferred to the helicopter.
She had suffered serious lower leg injuries and was flown to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
The Land Rover LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter performed this mission as it is currently, temporarily based on the Sunshine Coast, while the familiar blue and yellow RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter undergoes scheduled engineering.
The aircraft is part of LifeFlight Australia’s commercial operation, which supports the work of the community helicopter fleet, through our profit-for-purpose model and is rotated through our community bases from time to time, when operationally required.
