Woman hurt in fall from retaining wall

Oct. 10, 2013, 4 p.m.

Firefighters and paramedics lift a woman from a rock retaining wall in Birkdale on Monday afternoon. Photo by Grant Spicer.

RESCUED: Firefighters and paramedics lift a woman from a rock retaining wall in Birkdale on Monday afternoon. Photo: Grant Spicer

Firefighters and paramedics lift a woman from a rock retaining wall in Birkdale on Monday afternoon. Photo by Grant Spicer.

Firefighters and paramedics lift a woman from a rock retaining wall in Birkdale on Monday afternoon. Photo by Grant Spicer.

PARAMEDICS and firefighters helped lift a woman to safety after she fell from a retaining wall in Birkdale on Monday.

Emergency services were called to Commodore Drive late on Monday afternoon after reports the woman fell from the wall alongside Moreton Bay.

Ambulances and Queensland Fire and Rescue teams from Capalaba and the Technical Rescue Response Unit responded to the call.

Although the 25-year-old was not trapped, firefighters helped the paramedics lift her to safety in a stretcher, before she was taken to hospital.

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