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Rescue crews work overnight to rescue woman injured in boating accident off the Gold Coast

Emergency crews have co-ordinated a mammoth nine-hour rescue after a marine accident off the Gold Coast overnight.

Water police transported the woman back to dry land before she was taken to hospital. Picture: Queensland Police
Water police transported the woman back to dry land before she was taken to hospital. Picture: Queensland Police

EMERGENCY crews have co-ordinated a marathon nine-hour rescue after a marine accident off the Gold Coast overnight.

Crews worked through the night to reach the woman in her 60s, who suffered head and neck injuries after falling off a ladder on-board a vessel, 60 nautical miles — about 111 kilometres — off Southport.

Queensland Ambulance Service received the distress call around 11.40pm on Friday.

Water police, with paramedics on board, finally made it back to shore with the woman on-board by 8.40am on Saturday.

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A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the woman was in a stable condition.

She was transported to Gold Coast University Hospital for further treatment.

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