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