A TEENAGE girl has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a horse in Herefordshire.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to a farm in Ullingswick shortly after 10am on today.
The Midlands Air Ambulance from Strensham was also dispatched.
The 16-year-old who fell was temporarily knocked unconscious.
An ambulance spokesman said: “She was complaining of lower back pain.
“Crews immobilised her with a neck collar and spinal board and treated her at the scene before she was airlifted to Hereford County Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”
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