A 58-yr-old man is in a critical condition after the car he was passenger in rolled at high speed on a gravel road, near Gympie.
RACQ CareFlight Rescue landed close to the scene around 8.30pm. The accident happened not far from a Ranger's Station in the Toolara Forest - 20 kms west of Gympie.
When the chopper arrived, the passenger was being treated in the back of an ambulance after suffering several cardiac arrests on scene.
It's believed he was thrown into the back of the car during the accident. The driver walked away from the crumpled wreckage, with only minor lacerations to his head.
The CareFlight Doctor and flight paramedic helped stabilise the critical patient on scene, before he was airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital for emergency surgery.
He was in a critical but stable condition, with suspected serious spinal damage.
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