The Queensland Ambulance Service was called three times to the rodeo this afternoon.
The Queensland Ambulance Service was called three times to the rodeo this afternoon. Bev Lacey

Rider airlifted to Brisbane with a neck injury after rodeo

A RODEO rider has been airlifted to Brisbane with a neck injury sustained at the Warwick Rodeo.

A spokesman for the Queensland Ambulance Service said a helicopter from Brisbane was at Warwick Hospital at 9pm to airlift a 38-year-old man with a neck injury to a hospital in Brisbane.

The QAS was at the Warwick Showgrounds three times this afternoon.

A rider, 38, was transported to hospital with a neck injury at 4.15pm.

The QAS attended the ground again at 6pm on a medical call and a 28-year-old man was transported to Warwick Hospital at 6.10pm with a dislocated shoulder.



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