Teen hospitalised after Balgowlah Heights spider bite

A teen on Sydney’s northern beaches was rushed to hospital after a suspected spider bite.

The pair are thought to have been bitten by a spider (left, stock image) along a bush track in Balgowlah Heights.

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A teenager was rushed to hospital after a suspected spider bite on Saturday afternoon.

The 19-year-old and a friend were walking along a bush track towards Reef Beach, Balgowlah Heights, just before 5pm.

They called the emergency services after the 19-year-old man is thought to have been bitten by a spider.

The pair are believed to have been bitten on the bush track down to Reef Beach

It is thought the pair, who are understood to have been drinking, panicked and called triple-0.

NSW Ambulance and NSW Police responded.

They treated the teen for what is believed to have been a spider bite.

Paramedics said he had a bite mark on his upper arm.

As a precaution he was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital in a stable condition.

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