An 81-year-old woman has been airlifted to Sydney after a single-vehicle crash near Narromine.
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About 1.54pm on Saturday emergency services were called to Tomingley Road, about 11 kilometres south of Narromine, after a women's vehicle left the road and hit a tree.
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Police, NSW Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW, Volunteer Rescue Association and the Rural Fire Service attended the scene.
NSW Ambulance operated on the 81-year-old on the side of the road for a collapsed lung, before being transferred to Westmead Hospital in Sydney by Air Ambulance.
It's understood that when the Air Ambulance landed in the paddock, a piece of stubble pushed open a fuel drain valve.
Crews were on hand to contain the 70 litre jet fuel leak.
It is understood the woman remains in intensive care.
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Zaarkacha Marlan
Court and crime reporter at the Daily Liberal. Formerly the sole journalist for the Nyngan Observer, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate.
Court and crime reporter at the Daily Liberal. Formerly the sole journalist for the Nyngan Observer, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate.
