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Man airlifted after collision with truck in Noosa

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue crew airlifted a man to hospital on Monday afternoon after a crash between a car and a truck in the Shire of Noosa.

The crew was tasked to the incident at around 5pm and the pilot landed the chopper on the road near the scene, where multiple emergency crews were in attendance.

A man, aged in his 40s, was freed from the wreckage by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.

He was treated for serious injuries by the aeromedical crew and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics and airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.

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