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Two children taken to hospital after crash down embankment

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UPDATED, 30/12: A girl who suffered serious injuries in a crash on the Sunshine Coast is now stable.

EARLIER, 29/12: Two children have been taken to hospital, one in a potentially life-threatening condition, after a crash in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

A girl and a young boy were injured after a vehicle went down an embankment near Broken Bridge Road at Conondale.

The eight-year-old girl was airlifted to the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane with significant head, facial, leg and pelvic injuries.

The four-year-old boy suffered minor injuries and was taken to Sunshine Coast University Hospital.

Queensland Police told Sunshine Coast News that it appeared a parked vehicle rolled forward and down the embankment at about 8am.

The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew was tasked to a private property at about 8.45am and landed on a hill near the scene.

A LifeFlight helicopter was tasked to the scene. Picture: LifeFlight.

Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics and Queensland Fire Department firefighters met the helicopter, after they extricated the girl from the vehicle.

The LifeFlight critical care doctor and QAS flight paramedic worked with local QAS paramedics to treat the girl before she was flown to hospital for further treatment.

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