Young woman critical after car rolls down highway embankment
A YOUNG woman is in a serious condition after a car roll-over on the Dawson Hwy last night.
Paramedics were called to the Dawson Hwy and Argoon Kilburnie Rd at 11.56pm following reports of a single vehicle roll-over down an embankment near Callide.
On arrival, a female in her 20s was significantly entrapped in the vehicle with multiple injuries.
Senior operations supervisor, Alistair Vagg said it was a tough task getting the woman free from the car.
"Crews found a single vehicle that left the road, went down and embankment and landed on its side," he said.
"She suffered quite significant shoulder, chest and lower limb injuries.
"We required a significant amount of time to get her out."
She was extricated by QFES and transported by road to Biloela Hospital before being further airlifted to Rockhampton Hospital in a serious condition.
