Woman stable after falling down Granite Gorge embankment
A 60-year-old woman has been flown to Cairns Base Hospital in a stable condition after falling down a rocky embankment.
The woman needed to be winched from the bottom of a 10-metre incline at Granite Gorge, 16km west of Mareeba, by a helicopter which then transported her to hospital.
She has suspected head and spinal injuries.
Google Map: Granite Gorge near Mareeba
Ambulance officers are believed to have stabilised the woman at the scene.
Full report in tomorrow's The Cairns Post
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