Young man seriously injured in crash involving pig while hunting in Banana region of Queensland
A young man has spent a night trapped under his ute while seriously injured after crashing during a pig-hunting expedition in rural Queensland.
The man, aged in his 20s, was driving on a road in the Banana region, west of Gladstone, during his hunt on Tuesday night.
He crashed when he “swerved to miss a pig” in the middle of the road, according to RACQ LifeFlight Rescue.
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His friends found him about 5am the following day.
They lifted the ute off him and drove him to the local medical centre.
A paramedic drove him to a sports field where a LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was waiting for him.
The man was flown to Bundaberg Hospital in a stable condition.
