Woman hurt in quad bike accident

A six-year-old has been taken to hospital after a quad bike accident in Shelly Beach.

A 25-year-old woman suffered back and stomach injuries when her quad bike rolled on a farm station near Tuai, 50km north of Wairoa, this morning.

The ECT Rescue Helicopter airlifted the woman to Gisborne Hospital at 9am today with minor injuries.

The woman was riding the quad bike uphill on the station when it rolled backwards over her.