19-03-08 - Pregnant woman hurt in 4WD crash

A pregnant woman was airlifted to hospital after rolling her four-wheel-drive vehicle off the road and into a cornfield in Kandanga yesterday afternoon.

The 29-year-old woman's two children, a three-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl, were also hurt in the accident on Goomong Road.

Ambulance and Fire Department officers were first on the scene, and after assessing the woman's condition, they called the ENERGEX Community Rescue Helicopter.

"We had just touched down at Nambour Hospital to transfer a woman to Princess Alexandria Hospital when we got a call to fly to Kandanga to attend a motor vehicle accident involving a pregnant woman" senior aircrew man Scott Reeman said.

The chopper immediately flew to the scene and transferred the woman to Nambour Hospital with a suspected fractured leg and pelvis, but in a stable condition.

Her children were taken to hospital by ambulance. Rescue Chopper paramedic Jeff Bradfield said her young daughter had suffered a suspected fractured leg, while the three-year-old boy had minor injuries.

The Rescue Chopper then completed its earlier mission of transporting a 57-year-old Currimundi woman with a cerebral haemorrhage to Princess Alexandria Hospital. She was last night described as being in a "stable condition".