A woman in her 60s was injured in a fall on Bombo Beach on Sunday morning.
The incident happened at 10.45am on the rocks at the southern headland of the beach.
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It is understood the woman slipped on the rocks, injured her hip and was not able to walk.
Emergency services including Kiama SES, ambulance, police and Fire and Rescue NSW responded to the call for help.
The SES crews used a wheeled stretcher to take her along Bombo Beach, where she was loaded into an ambulance and transported to Wollongong Hospital.
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Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
