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Mother and child injured by falling tree limb

A mother and child were injured by a falling tree limb at a community event at the Wimmera Riverfront Meeting Place in Horsham on Sunday afternoon.

The woman in her 30s was airlifted to The Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition, with upper body injuries. 

Paramedics took the woman’s toddler son to Horsham’s Wimmera Base Hospital in a stable condition, with upper body injuries. He was later transported by air ambulance to The Royal Children’s Hospital.

The tree limb fell from a river red gum at Horsham Rural City Council’s Summer Series event at about 4.30pm.



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