About 6.30pm Friday, December 14 a 49-year-old woman was a passenger in a Nissan being driven on Black Head Road, Hallidays Point, when a large branch fell on the car and penetrated the windscreen.

The woman received serious internal injuries and was removed from the vehicle by emergency services.

A Toyota  also received damage from the tree. The driver was uninjured.

She was taken to Manning Hospital where she is in intensive care.

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