25 May, 2023
Motorcyclist strikes roo at Old Talgai
A female motorcyclist sustained multiple injuries when the bike she was riding struck a kangaroo at Old Talgai on Saturday 21st May.
The incident occurred on the Leyburn-Cunningham Road just before 11.30am.
It’s believed the woman, aged 54, had been riding with other motorcyclists, when a group of kangaroos crossed the road in front of her, causing her to crash into one.
Paramedics and Police from Clifton were sent to the scene.
Fellow riders were able to provide the woman with first aid, before emergency services arrived.
Queensland Ambulance Service media said the woman, who is from Cambooya, had sustained injuries to her shoulder, wrist, pelvis, leg and back.
Officer in Charge at Clifton Ambulance Station, Chris Fulton, said more serious injuries were probably prevented due to the good quality protective clothing she was wearing.
Nevertheless, it was decided to call in a rescue helicopter to transfer her to hospital.
The Toowoomba-based LifeFlight Surat Gas Aero-medical Service pilot landed the aircraft on a stretch of road, which had been closed by Police, near where the incident had occurred.
The patient was flown to Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services crews from Clifton and Warwick were also despatched to the scene because fuel was leaking from the woman’s motorcycle.
The incident occurred less than two weeks after the LifeFlight chopper was last called to the area, when a man was airlifted after the vehicle he was driving fell off the bridge over the Condamine on Toowoomba Karara Road at Ellangowan.
