Firefighter suffers 'potentially life-threatening injuries' in truck crash at Mundoolun, south of Brisbane
A firefighter has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after a fire truck crashed into a tree south of Brisbane.
A Queensland Fire Department spokesperson said emergency services were called to the crash on Beaudesert Beenleigh Road at Mundoolun, west of Tamborine Mountain, at about 9:30am.
"There was one occupant in the vehicle at the time," they said.
"[Fire crews] used spreaders to access the patient who was transported to hospital."
The spokesperson could not comment at this stage on the identity of the man injured.
The Queensland Ambulance Service said the man was in his 30s and suffered "potentially life-threatening injuries to his lower limbs".
He was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
The Queensland Police Service said the road is expected to be closed for at least the next two hours
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