BRISBANE - A 38-year-old motorcyclist with a broken pelvis dragged himself an agonising one kilometre along a bush track in search of help in a two day ordeal following an accident in Brisbane's west.
The man, from the Ipswich suburb of Chuwar, had been trailbike riding on four-wheel
drive tracks in a forest about 25 km north of Gatton when he hit a tree on Monday, said RACQ CareFlight crewman Garry Isakiewicz.
Despite a broken pelvis and possible internal bleeding he survived for two days until two other trailbike riders found him dehydrated and lying in a ditch shortly after 9am local time today.
"He said he hit a tree on Monday at lunchtime and said he crawled about a kilometre along a track," Mr Isakiewicz said.
"He had a broken pelvis and maybe some internal injuries but all his signs and symptoms like his blood pressure were quite good," he said.
"He was conscious and said he wasn't knocked out during his ordeal."
The rider has been airlifted to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane in a stable condition.
- AAP
