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Five swimmers were treated for irukandji stings in the Whitsundays over the Easter long weekend including a teen boy, who was taken to Mackay Base Hospital.
The 17 year old had been swimming at Whitehaven Beach when he was stung about 4.40pm on Saturday. A 17-year-old boy was swimming at Whitehaven Beach on Saturday, April 3 when he was stung by an irukandji.
It is understood he had only been in the water for minutes before he it occurred.
VMR Whitsunday, with two paramedics on board, met up with another vessel named Settlement carrying the injured teen at Nara Inlet about 6.07pm.
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UPDATE 6.10PM: A woman thrown from her car has been taken to Mackay Base Hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway south of Bloomsbury.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said she was being treated for abdomen, leg and arm pain.
The spokeswoman said the second woman was being taken to Proserpine Hospital and being treated for minor head injuries and chest pain.
Both women are reported to be in a stable condition.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 4.08pm.
INITIAL 4.08PM: A woman in her 20s was reportedly thrown from her car after a two-vehicle crash on the Bruce Highway south of Bloomsbury.
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Subscriber only A 16-year-old girl spent Friday night recovering in hospital after she was stung by a jellyfish in Cannonvale. The girl was on a jetski when she reported pain in her right lower leg about 6pm. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said she was taken to an area off Schnapper St and received treatment from paramedics. The teenager was then taken to Proserpine Hospital in a stable condition. It is unknown what type of jellyfish was responsible for the sting.