Golf cart incident injures woman at Long Reef Golf Club
Emergency services responded to a call following reports a woman in her 60s had been injured in a golf cart incident just before midday on Thursday.
NSW Ambulance spokesman said three ambulances and the Mounties Care CareFlight helicopter rushed paramedics and a doctor to the Long Reef Golf Club at Collaroy on Sydney's Northern Beaches.
The woman was injured after falling out a golf cart at the Long Reef golf course on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Picture: Instagram
Paramedics were flown to the Long Reef Golf Club to treat a woman with head and torso injuries following a golf cart incident. Picture: CareFlight,
The spokesman said medical staff treated the woman for head and torso injuries, lower back pain and multiple cuts and bruises.
She was transported by road to the Royal North Shore Hospital in a stable condition.
Long Reef Golf Club has been contacted for comment.
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