Four girls hospitalised after tree branch falls at Sydney school
Four girls have been taken to hospital after a branch fell on them at Heathcote High School in southern Sydney.
On the first day back after the summer holidays, emergency services were called to Heathcote High School, near the Royal National Park, at 1.30pm.
Police said that the year 12 students were sitting under the tree when a large branch fell and hit them.
Emergency services rushed to the school where the girls were treated as the branch remained on them.
Firefighters have since used a chainsaw to cut the branch to pieces so the students could be freed and all four were taken to hospital for treatment.
The girls suffered a range of non life-threatening injuries, including head, back and neck injuries.
