Tatham crash: Woman flown to hospital after being freed from vehicle

A 19-year-old woman has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a head-on crash near Casino on Wednesday night.

A teenage woman has been flown to hospital after being trapped in the wreckage of a serious head-on car crash in Tatham.

Emergency services were called to Tatham Rd about 6pm where the 19-year-old woman was trapped in her car.

A Casino Volunteer Rescue Association spokesman said the authorities used hydraulic rescue gear to help remove the woman.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked to the scene, south east of Casino where the woman was treated for serious leg and internal injuries.

She was flown to Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

A second person was out of the vehicle and also treated by paramedics for leg injuries and taken to Lismore Hospital.