Boy impaled through neck by meat hook during ute drive on Western Downs property, QLD

Warren Barnsley
7NEWS
A boy was injured by a meat hook in Queensland’s Western Downs.
A boy was injured by a meat hook in Queensland’s Western Downs. Credit: LifeFlight/Supplied

A boy has been impaled through the neck with a meat hook during a drive on a rural Queensland property.

The boy had been in a ute with his father at the private address in the Western Downs region on Sunday.

It’s believed the car hit a bump, causing the boy’s neck to catch on one of the meat hook spikes and penetrate his skin.

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His father stopped the bleeding and drove him to the nearest hospital.

Paramedics and a LifeFlight critical care doctor treated the boy at the hospital, before he was flown to Brisbane’s Queensland Children’s Hospital in a serious but stable condition by rescue helicopter.

No further information about the incident was provided.

Originally published on 7NEWS

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