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TWO-YEAR-OLD BITTEN BY A FUNNEL WEB SPIDER

A two-year-old child from a rural property at Coolongolook has been flown to John Hunter Hospital after being bitten by a suspected funnel web spider.

Local paramedics attended the property at around 4pm this afternoon and commenced treatment on the child before the Westpac Rescue Helicopter arrived.

She was stabilised by the Critical Care Medical Team before being flown to Newcastle in a stable condition.

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Georgia Vaughan

Georgia Vaughan is a Journalist for NBN News in Tamworth. She grew up in Armidale before moving to Newcastle to attend Hunter School of Performing Arts. Georgia joined NBN News in 2020, working as a social media producer. She then moved to Sydney and has worked as a social media producer at 10 News First and a producer for News Channel at the ABC. Georgia holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) from the University of Technology Sydney.

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