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UPDATE 9.30am: A witness of a car rollover involving a woman in her 70s described it as bloody scary . Emergency services rushed to Nambour Connection Rd after reports of a single car crash at 8.45am Thursday morning. It was bloody scary ⦠it rolled twice, the resident, who wanted to remain anonymous, said. A woman in her 70s was treated for suspected spinal and head injuries after a car rollover. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Nambour station officer Jason Evans said the woman crashed after attempting to pull into a driveway. It appears the woman has gone to turn into a driveway, and she s missed the driveway and gone down an embankment and rolled her vehicle, he said.
Queensland currently has 30 active cases of coronavirus, with three new cases diagnosed in the past 24 hours. The Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health District, which Gympie is part of, has four active cases. The SCHHD is one of multiple Queensland Health Districts to acquire the rapid COVID testing machines known as Panthers . The $275,000 Hologic Panther Fusion machine can diagnose COVID-19, influenza and other respiratory conditions in about three hours. The Gympie Hospital has applauded the 4000 Gympie region residents who have been tested for COVID-19. Picture: Brendan Radke Health Minister Steven Miles said at the time the Panthers were just like their namesake - fast and intelligent.
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UPDATE Thursday 7am:
A man in his 70s was flown to hospital after he was trapped underneath a tractor at a private property.
Queensland Ambulance Service’s critical care team and a rescue helicopter were called to the property off Pomona Kin Kin Rd around 5.28pm Wednesday.
It was reported the tractor had rolled and the man was pinned underneath it by his lower legs.
A QAS spokeswoman said the man was flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition with lower leg injuries.
EARLIER, 6pm Wednesday
A helicopter has been called in to airlift a man to hospital after he was trapped underneath a tractor on the Coast.
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Two people have been taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash along Maroochy River on Tuesday.
Paramedics assessed two patients including one female at the intersection of Bradman Ave and Diura St at 12.47pm on Tuesday.