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Woman winched from yacht after injury at Whitsundays snorkel spot

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Woman winched from yacht after injury at Whitsundays snorkel spot
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A woman has been winched from a yacht and flown to hospital after she fell from the vessel at a popular snorkelling spot on the Great Barrier Reef.

A helicopter was called today to the Hardy Reef pontoon in the Whitsundays to retrieve the woman, who had a serious shoulder injury.

Paramedics believe the passenger dislocated her shoulder after she fell into a tender, which is a smaller support vessel.

READ MORE: Mum dies after waiting 90 minutes for ambulance

A woman has been winched off a yacht near Hook Reef about 150km north of Mackay.

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Queensland Health sent the RACQ Helicopter to the world-famous destination near Hook Reef this morning.

The woman is being treated at Proserpine Hospital.

https://twitter.com/cq_rescue/status/1726802009842663584

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