
Teenager airlifted to hospital after dirt bike crash
LIFEFLIGHT'S Toowoomba-based Surat Gas Aeromedical Service rescue helicopter has flown a teenager to hospital, after he was injured while riding a dirt bike on a property in the Southern Downs.
The rescue chopper was called into action just before 10am yesterday.
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics initially treated the patient and transported him to a location where the helicopter could land.
The rider was stabilised and airlifted to Toowoomba Hospital, under the care of the aeromedical team, with chest and shoulder injuries.