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LifeFlight helicopter takes boy to hospital after pedestrian and vehicle incident

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A primary school-aged boy has been flown to hospital in a potentially life-threatening condition after a vehicle and pedestrian incident yesterday.

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight helicopter was tasked at 4.10pm after reports a boy had been hit by a vehicle on Tunnel Ridge Road, Landsborough.

The helicopter landed on the road near the scene.

The LifeFlight critical care doctor and Queensland Ambulance Service flight paramedic worked together with local QAS paramedics to treat the patient for head and facial injuries.

He was flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital in a critical condition.

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