RACQ LifeFlight Rescue airlifts teen thrown from horse

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter has flown a teenage girl to hospital, after she was thrown from a horse, in the South Burnett. 

The aeromedical crew was tasked to a private property, just after 3 o’clock this afternoon. 

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Critical Care Doctor and the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) Flight Paramedic worked with local QAS personnel, to treat the rider. 

She suffered multiple injuries, including a possible head injury. 

The rescue crew flew the girl to the Sunshine Coast University Hospital, in a stable condition.

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