Balladonia incident: Man flown to Esperance following 10-hour rescue operation after thrown from quad bike

A man has been flown to Esperance following a 10-hour rescue operation after he was flung from a quad bike on a remote beach in WA’s south. Emergency services rushed to a remote beach south-east of Balladonia about 3pm on Monday after reports a man in his 40s had been involved in a quad bike accident. A Department of Fire and Emergency Services spokesperson said the man was thrown from his bike after it hit a jump. The man sustained multiple non-life threatening injuries. It is understood the rescue took 10 hours because of the “difficult terrain”. The man was flown to Esperance by RAC Rescue helicopter before being transferred to an ambulance and driven to Esperance Health Campus about 12am on Tuesday. On Tuesday afternoon a WA Country Health spokesperson confirmed the man had been discharged from hospital.