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LifeFlight airlifts injured motorbike rider to hospital after crash in state forest

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A man has been airlifted to hospital after a motorcycle crash in a state forest in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew flew the man to hospital after crashing in a reserve near Kenilworth last night.

The helicopter was tasked at 6.45pm and landed at a local primary school.

Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics transported the patient from the scene to the helicopter.

The LifeFlight critical care doctor and QAS critical care flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to treat the man in his 60s for serious chest injuries.

He was airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital for further treatment.

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