(CNN) An Australian man rescued his infant son from the jaws of a dingo on Friday, after a group of the wild dogs attacked their camping van in the night. The child was airlifted to a hospital with a fractured skull and puncture wounds to the back of the head.

"The parents woke up to the baby screaming and chased after him and had to fight the dingoes off to take the 14-month-old boy away," Lifeflight pilot Frank Bertoli told local media on Friday.

"He was grabbed around the back of the neck area and dragged away, so if it wasn't for the parents and their quick thinking and fighting off the dingoes, he probably would have had more severe injuries."

A helicopter from emergency air service LifeFlight responded to the early morning call, lifting the infant and his mother from Fraser Island, Queensland, to Hervey Bay Hospital.

The boy was conscious and in a stable condition as he was treated, according to Queensland Health spokesperson Christopher McLaughlan. The boy is now receiving additional care in Queensland Children's Hospital.

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