Teen injured after falling from cliff in Sydney's east

A teenage girl trying to escape the heat in Sydney has fallen more than 10 metres from a cliff in Coogee.

She landed in shallow water below, injuring her back around 11am on Wednesday.

A helicopter was sent in to help in the rescue, but wasn’t needed.

A spokesperson for NSW Ambulance said the girl was aged in her mid-teens and was treated at the scene for “back pain and possible spinal injuries”.

She was taken by ambulance to St Vincent’s Hospital in a stable condition.

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