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Residents and motorists south of Gladstone on Sunday afternoon may have wondered what the RACQ Capricorn Rescue helicopter was doing landing in the region.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said paramedics were called to Roe Street, Miriam Vale at 1.29pm to respond to a man having a medical episode.
“Paramedics transported the patient by ambulance to the rugby league grounds where the man was loaded into the RACQ Helicopter for transport to hospital,” the spokeswoman said. The RACQ Capricorn Rescue Helicopter was tasked to Miriam Vale to airlift a man to hospital.
The RACQ Capricorn Rescue helicopter issued a statement about the incident.
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Subscriber only The Mackay community had the opportunity to see a lifesaving service up close in a rare event at the weekend. To mark RACQ CQ Rescue s 25th anniversary celebrations, the rescue helicopter recreated a landing done to launch the service in 1996 outside Mackay Regional Council chambers. The community-funded rescue helicopter is a lifeline for anyone, anywhere at anytime across the region. Volunteers and Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson joined RACQ CQ Rescue chief executive Ian Rowan to watch the landing, followed with a morning tea. RACQ CQ Rescue chief executive Ian Rowan with Mackay Mayor Greg Williamson, volunteers and council staff. Picture: Melanie Whiting