Update, Monday, 12pm:
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The boy injured during an incident on the Loddon River remains in a stable condition at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
A spokesperson was unable to provide a condition update on the girl as she was no longer a patient at the hospital.
Update, Thursday 12pm:
The two children taken to hospital following an accident on the Loddon River at Serpentine remain in a stable condition on Thursday morning.
A five-year-old boy was airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne with serious injuries to his face and head, after a branch on a log on which he was playing broke off on Sunday.
A 12-year-old girl was taken to Bendigo Health and later transferred to the Royal Children’s Hospital.
She suffered broken vertebrae and foot bones, as well as injuries to her head and hand.
Update, Tuesday, 6.45pm:
Both children remain in a stable condition at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
The 12-year-old girl was transferred from Bendigo to the Royal Children’s Hospital via ambulance on Sunday with four broken vertebrae, two broken foot bones, head lacerations and a damaged hand.
She has full movement and sensation in her back.
Update, Monday, 10am:
The boy injured on the Loddon River yesterday is in a stable condition, a spokesperson for the Royal Children’s Hospital says.
Sunday:
A five-year-old boy suffered serious face and head injuries after an incident in the Loddon River, near Serpentine on Sunday evening.
The boy was airlifted from the Serpentine Recreation Reserve to the Royal Children’s Hospital and a 12-year-old girl was taken to the Bendigo Hospital by road ambulance following the incident.
The boy and girl were playing on a log in the Loddon River when one of the branches of the log broke off causing injury.
Sergeant Gary Walter of the Maryborough Police said both the boy and girl had been camping with their family along the Loddon River when the incident occurred.
“The tree struck the boy in the head and face area and was airlifted to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne with serious injuries,” Sergeant Walter said.
“The tree branch caused injury to the girl’s hand and she was taken to Bendigo Hospital with a possible broken hand.”
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