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A helicopter carrying up to five people has crashed on a property near Port Douglas in far north Queensland.
Emergency services were notified of the crash about 4.52pm at a property in Whyanbeel.
The helicopter's occupants freed themselves before paramedics arrived.
A rescue helicopter has been dispatched to pick up a man in his 40s with lumbar and pelvic pain.

It is understood the fallen helicopter may have crashed into a creek near a house.

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