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    Child winched to safety from Fraser Island

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    14th Jan 2019 12:11 PM
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    TWO people have been rescued by a rescue chopper after snorkelling accidents in the Wide Bay region across the weekend. A primary-school aged girl was winched to safety after she suffered a back injury diving into shallow water off the beach at Fraser Island yesterday. The previous evening on Saturday a woman in her 70s was airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital after she fell unconscious while snorkelling at Lady Elliot Island.

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