Excavator operator airlifted with broken leg

June 27, 2024

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a man to hospital today after he suffered a serious leg injury while operating an excavator.

A man, aged in his 80s, was working on the machine in the Fraser Coast region when a tree branch fell and injured his leg.

He was treated by the RACQ LifeFlight rescue aeromedical crew and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedic, before being flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Share the post:

Similar news & articles

LifeFlight airlift elderly man after buggy rollover

April 9, 2025

The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted an elderly man to hospital following a buggy rollover....

Emilie reunites with the LifeFlight crew who saved her

April 9, 2025

A local Bundaberg family has been reunited with the LifeFlight critical care doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) flight paramedic that saved 19-year-old...

LifeFlight locates sailor after multi-agency rescue

April 7, 2025

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew located a stranded sailor off North Stradbroke Island this morning....

LifeFlight airlifts man after motorbike crash

April 5, 2025

The Sunshine Coast LifeFlight aeromedical crew today airlifted a man from the Beerburrum West State Forest following a motorcycle crash....

LifeFlight airlift patient from flood affected town

April 4, 2025

The Mount Isa-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew airlifted a woman to hospital yesterday afternoon with a medical condition....

New LifeFlight chopper set for lift off on Sunshine Coast

April 3, 2025

The Sunshine Coast region today welcomed a new LifeFlight AW139 helicopter....