Since July when the LifeFlight Engineering team completed a major service on their rescue chopper, the crew then went on to complete five missions in the region. On August 11, a woman in her 20s was airlifted from the Finders Highway near Julia Creek after she was involved in a single vehicle accident. The local RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew assisted at the scene of the crash before flying the woman to Mount Isa Hospital for further treatment.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
