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NSW: Two people fall from balcony in Wollongong.


14 Mar 2009 12:22 PM

SYDNEY, March 14 AAP - Two people have fallen up to eight metres after a balcony rail gave way in Wollongong.

Ambulance personnel were called to a Balgownie home at about 9.25am (AEDT) on Saturday after reports of a man and a woman, aged in their 20s, falling from a balcony.

An Ambulance spokesman said the man suffered chest and abdominal injuries and a fracture to his lower leg.

The woman suffered chest and abdominal injuries.

Both were taken in a conscious state to Wollongong hospital and are in a serious but stable condition.