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LifeFlight flies woman to hospital after Noosa jet ski crash

A woman has been flown to hospital after suffering suspected spinal injuries in a horror jet ski crash at Noosa.

Life Flight flies woman to hospital after Noosa jet ski crash. Picture - Life Flight.
Life Flight flies woman to hospital after Noosa jet ski crash. Picture - Life Flight.

A woman has been flown to hospital after suffering suspected spinal injuries in a horror jet ski crash at Noosa.

A couple, believed to be tourists, were riding a jet ski in the Noosa River around 11am on Tuesday when it is understood they crashed into a sandbank.

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew was tasked to the job after Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics initially responded to the job.

Life Flight flies woman to hospital after Noosa jet ski crash. Picture - Life Flight.
Life Flight flies woman to hospital after Noosa jet ski crash. Picture - Life Flight.

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue pilot flew the woman, aged in her 60s, to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

She was in a stable condition with suspected spinal injuries.

The man, also in his 60s and stable, was driven to Sunshine Coast University Hospital by paramedics.

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