A CROP DUSTER pilot escaped his burning plane and then walked 600m with
severe burns and broken bones after it crashed yesterday.
The Cessna single-engine plane crashed off Wilds Road, near the southeast
Queensland town of Dalby, about 6.30am, after clipping a gum tree, a police
spokeswoman said.
The plane burst into flames but the man managed to free himself and walked
600 metres with burns to 80 per cent of his body before being found by the
property owner, she said.
The property owner drove him to the Dalby Hospital, where he was picked up
by the Royal Flying Doctor Service and flown to Brisbane.
He was taken to the burns unit of the Royal Brisbane Hospital where he was
described as in a serious, but stable condition. Sgt Ian Self, of Dalby
police, said police were surprised the 47-year-old from nearby Toowoomba
had survived.
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