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Three Queenslanders hurt on water

Paramedics have taken a boy to a Sunshine Coast hospital complaining of neck pain after he reportedly dived into a river from a bridge.

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Three people have been injured in Queensland's southeast following a series of Australia Day accidents on the water.

A school-aged boy was taken to hospital after he hurt his neck diving into a river on the Sunshine Coast.

Ambulance officers were called to the Maroochy River about 1.30pm on Thursday after the boy reportedly jumped from a bridge.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman told AAP he was conscious and alert when officers arrived and was taken to Nambour Hospital in a stable condition.

A man in his 20s was hospitalised after a jetski incident off Main Beach on the Gold Coast.

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Ambulance officers were called to the area after he complained of back pain. He was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

A teenage girl has also been taken to Ipswich Hospital after falling off a rope swing in a creek at Fernvale, west of Brisbane.

Ambulance officers were called just before midday and she was taken to hospital for treatment to minor injuries.


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