Massive helicopter crash on Gold Coast.
https://7news.com.au/news/gold-coast/grave-fears-as-helicopters-collide-near-sea...Four dead, three critical after helicopters collide near Sea World
Sea World Helicopters said it is ‘cooperating with all the authorities’.
Dominique Tassell / Gold Coast / Updated 21 mins ago
Four people have died and three others are in a critical condition after two helicopters collided and crashed at Broadwater on the Gold Coast.
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 2pm on Monday.
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Acting Inspector Gary Worrell confirmed the helicopters crashed mid-air outside Sea World theme park and thanked the multiple members of the public who immediately attempted to provide help.
People on jetskis and in boats rushed to help the victims at the small sandbank before paramedics and police arrived on the scene.
They were confronted with a “significant incident”, Worrell said.
He said one of the two helicopters successfully landed after the collision, though its front was severely damaged.
“The other airframe has crashed and it was upside down,” he said.
Members of the public rendered immediate assistance, working alongside police to remove the people from the wreckage
They commenced first aid and tried to get those people to safety from the airframe that was upside down, Worrell said.
Queensland Ambulance Services also commended members of the public who rendered assistance.
Jayney Shearman from QAS said they attended to 13 people from both helicopters.
“There were three critical patients that were treated and there were six with minor injuries that were all transported through to hospital,” she said.
“The minor injuries were mainly glass shrapnel that had come from the impact.”
Shearman said there were a number of critical injuries, “what we call multi-system trauma which means that there was a lot of impact to the body”.
In the initial stages, she said, it was very important to have some basic life support which was being conducted by first aiders.
Two people, a woman and a child were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital while another child was airlifted to Queensland Children’s Hospital.
Six other people are at Robina Hospital being assessed in the emergency department and it is understood some may be eventually transferred to Gold Coast University Hospital.
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