Queensland boy suffers 'significant injuries after lawnmower incident

A young boy has suffered significant injuries after being run over by a lawnmower in Queensland.

Paramedics received a call for help from the rural town of Malanda, about 85 kilometres south west of Cairns, after the backyard accident yesterday afternoon.

Multiple ambulances responded, along with a rescue helicopter, and the primary school aged boy was treated at the scene.

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Paramedics were initially called to a Malanda address in the Atherton Tablelands around 2pm Monday afternoon.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman told 9News that the boy sustained "significant" leg injuries.

The boy had to be airlifted from the property.

He was taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition.

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