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Driver staggers for more than an hour in 40C heat to find help after crashing his 4WD on a remote road – before he is rescued and airlifted to hospital
- A driver went missing from a property 130km west of Camooweal, NT, Saturday
- When the man, in his 30s, failed to return, the station owners started a search
- The man was found and said he had crashed his car and walked miles in the heat
- Emergency services were called and the man was airlifted to Mount Isa hospital
A driver walked for more than an hour in blistering heat after crashing his 4WD on a remote country road.
The man in his 30s was overdue to return to a property around 130km west of Camooweal in the Northern Territory.
The station owners started a search when he failed to return and he was eventually found walking to find help.
A man, aged in his 30s, was airlifted (pictured) to a Queensland hospital on Saturday night after being found in the Northern Territory outback
After the vehicle rolled several times in the crash he clambered out of the wreck and staggered several kilometres.
He told them he had been walking for more than an hour in more than 40C heat.
The station owners brought him back to the homestead and called emergency services about 6pm on Saturday.
Two nurses from a Queensland Health clinic drove two hours, to treat the patient for numerous injuries, before the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter arrived.
The man was flown to Mount Isa hospital, in a stable condition, under the care of a Queensland Ambulance Service flight paramedic.
Station owners launched a search after the man failed to return to the property
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