A hiker has been winched to safety after he fell while bushwalking in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight rescue helicopter was tasked at 2.30pm on Saturday after the man, in his 50s, slipped and fell into a rocky crevice.
Another hiker in the group set off an emergency beacon locator and the rescue helicopter was able to locate the injured hiker.
The LifeFlight crew winched a Queensland Ambulance Service flight paramedic and LifeFlight rescue crewman down to the patient, who was treated for upper leg injuries.
Once stabilised he was placed into a rescue harness and winched into the aircraft before being flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
