A man has been critically injured and several others hurt after a harvester hit a power pole on a pineapple farm in regional Queensland.
A harvester has reportedly crashed into a powerline on a regional Queensland pineapple farm, leaving one man critically injured and another six hurt.
The man in his 20s was rushed to Yeppoon Hospital after critical care paramedics arrived to the farm north of Rockhampton on Wednesday morning.
A man in his 20 s was rushed to Yeppoon hospital in critical condition where he is waiting to be airlifted by helicopter for further medical treatment
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There were also delays on Anzac Avenue westbound from the accident. Please allow extra travel time or avoid the area if you can, Royal Automobile Club of Queensland wrote in a tweet.
The truck accident this morning at this section of road north of Brisbane is believed to be a solo vehicle accident. This is what it usually looks like
Meanwhile a car and a motorcycle collided at Holland Park West on the Pacific Motorway northbound at 7.25am.
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The Torres Strait is a unique environment to work as a paramedic.
The region is home to a series of islands scattered over a stretch of ocean spanning 48,000 square kilometres from the tip of Queensland s Cape York, towards Papua New Guinea, and over to Indonesia.
Most of the staff at the Thursday Island ambulance station, where the area s main hospital is located, are trained to fly on a rescue helicopter.
On a busy day, the flight paramedics could be required to do back-to-back jobs across the 18 inhabited islands.
They, along with the helicopters, are on standby 24 hours a day.
An aerial view of one of the 18 inhabited islands in the Torres Strait.