NSW: Teen sustains serious injuries after falling off utility

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2006
NSW: Teen sustains serious injuries after falling off utility

A teenager's suffered head and spinal injuries after falling from the back of a utility
in central western New South Wales.

The incident happened on a property near Parkes late this afternoon Rescue officials
say the 13-year-old boy was stabilised at the scene before being flown to Orange Base
Hospital in a serious condition.





Earlier .. an 18-year-old man was flown from Grenfell .. also to Orange Base Hospital

.. after a piece of metal flew from a car engine and penetrated his eye.

The man had been working on the engine of the car when the accident happened.

He was treated at the scene before being flown to the hospital.

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