The Bundaberg-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has airlifted two young brothers to hospital, after they were injured in a single vehicle rollover on a K’gari (Fraser Island) beach early this morning.
The rescue chopper flew to the eastern side of the island just after 7:30am (8th Jan) and landed at a helipad.
The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Critical Care Doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Flight Paramedic were met by members of the public, who drove them to the accident scene, where they worked with QAS paramedics to treat the two injured children.
It’s believed a family of five, including two parents and three children, had been travelling along the waterline in a 4WD vehicle, when it rolled, landing on its side.
One primary school-aged boy was treated on the beach, then driven in a QAS 4WD to the waiting rescue helicopter.
He was in a stable condition, suffering neck injuries, when he was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital with his mother as an escort.
After the medical team handed the patient over to the care of hospital staff, the rescue helicopter crew returned to K’gari, to retrieve the second primary school-aged boy.
He had also suffered neck injuries and was airlifted to Hervey Bay Hospital in a stable condition, with his father and sister as escorts.
