The Toowoomba-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has airlifted a truck driver to hospital, after he was injured in a serious crash in the Western Downs region.
It’s believed the man, who is aged in his 30s, was driving an empty cattle truck, when it collided with a B-double at an intersection, causing him to become entrapped.
The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue chopper was called to the scene, just after 11am.
The chopper pilot was able to land on a stretch of road near the scene, where the aeromedical crew met with local Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics, Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers and Queensland Fire and Emergency Service (QFES) personnel, who were already on scene.
The rescue chopper crew worked alongside QFES personnel to free the driver from the cabin of the truck.
The man was treated for shoulder injuries and minor lacerations to his head and leg.
The patient was flown to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.
