A man has been taken to hospital after being speared through the floor of his car while driving on a country road north of Gympie on Saturday night.
Emergency crews worked for more than an hour to free the 25-year-old driver after a metal pole he had driven over flicked up and punctured the floor of the car and penetrated the seat as well as the driver, according to RACQ LifeFlight.
![The remains of the pole can be seen sticking through the floor of the car.](http://www.smh.com.au//content/dam/images/g/t/8/s/7/f/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gt8s80.png/1481448444203.jpg)
The man had run off the side of the road on Kinpyre Court, Curra, about 8.40pm but police say no other vehicles were involved.
The driver continued for about another 150 metres before stopping.
![The RACQ LifeFlight helicopter flew a man to the RBWH after he was impaled by a metal pole at Curra, near Gympie, on ...](http://www.smh.com.au//content/dam/images/g/t/8/s/7/b/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gt8s80.png/1481448444203.jpg)
He was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
"LifeFlight's critical care doctor and flight intensive care paramedic worked very closely with both local Queensland Ambulance Service and Queensland Fire and Emergency Service crews on the best way to free the patient," according to RACQ LifeFlight.
![Emergency workers tend to the man after he was removed from the car.](http://www.smh.com.au//content/dam/images/g/t/8/s/7/c/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gt8s80.png/1481448444203.jpg)
"It took over an hour and half for the patient to be released and for the pole to be suitably reduced from the patient."