Man suffers head injury following fall from ladder in Lockyer Valley

A man has been airlifted to hospital after a fall from a ladder at a Lockyer Valley property

Toowoomba-based Lifeflight Rescue said it happened while the man was building a carport at a Gatton residence at just before 7:30 this morning.

Queensland Ambulance was first on the scene, where paramedics treated the man, aged in his 40s, for a head injury.

The man was then taken to a local showgrounds to meet the Lifeflight Rescue Helicopter.

He was flown to the PA Hospital in a stable condition.