A woman is in a critical condition after falling 30 metres from the highest lookout in Blue Mountains when she slipped trying to retrieve her mobile phone. The 44-year-old, named by locals as Donna Christie, slipped and fell from Hassans Fall lookout at Lithgow on Tuesday afternoon, the ABC reports. She was bushwalking with a male friend and her two children, aged 12 and 13, when she dropped her phone at the lookout, which is almost 1,100 metres above sea level. The 44-year-old, named by locals as Donna Christie, slipped and fell from Hassans Fall lookout at Lithgow on Tuesday afternoon . She is believed to have suffered serious head, spinal and chest injuries when she plunged 30 metres. Her friend raised the alarm and it took two hours for police, paramedics and the Lithgow Volunteer Rescue Squad to rescue the woman. 'The paramedics were assisted by emergency services personnel to stabilise the then unconscious patient, lift her back up to the top of the cliff face, where an ambulance helicopter was then dispatched from Sydney,' an Ambulance spokesman said. She was bushwalking with a male friend and her two children, aged 12 and 13, when she dropped her phone at the lookout, which is almost 1,100 metres above sea level . She is believed to have suffered serious head, spinal and chest injuries when she plunged 30 metres . She was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in Sydney where she remains in a stable condition. 'It was one of those tragic accidents that could have been avoided,' Lithgow police inspector Chris Sammut said. 'In this case, it would appear that she's accidently dropped her phone and in trying to retrieve it, she's lost her footing and fallen.' Inspector Sammut said parts of the lookout didn't have fencing and walkers needed to be vigilant to avoid risks. 'We have to weigh up whether a mobile phone is worth a life and obviously the answer is 'no',' he said. 'The phone can be replaced.' She was airlifted to Westmead Hospital in Sydney where she remains in a stable condition . Inspector Sammut said parts of the lookout didn't have fencing and walkers needed to be vigilant to avoid risks . It took two hours for police, paramedics and the Lithgow Volunteer Rescue Squad to rescue her (file photo)
Woman slipped and fell from Hassans Fall lookout at Lithgow on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old was bushwalking with her two children and a male friend.
She is believed to have suffered serious head, spinal and chest injuries.
Mother slipped and fell trying to retrieve her mobile phone at lookout.