Woman in hospital after kangaroo attack in Queensland

A woman was in hospital following a kangaroo attack in Queensland, on Australia's east coast.

The Queensland Ambulance Service said a patient "sustained multiple lacerations from a kangaroo" at 9:10 am Friday (2310 GMT Thursday) on the Gold Coast, some 80 kilometres south of Brisbane.

The patient was transported in a stable condition to a local hospital.

Local media reported that the patient was a woman in her 60s and that she suffered multiple cuts to her head, face, arms and legs.