Woman impaled by bike after falling out of tree in Balgownie, Wollongong, NSW

A woman has impaled her leg on a bike part after falling out of a tree in Wollongong, New South Wales.

The woman fell out of the tree on Tucker Ave in Balgownie at 5.45pm on Tuesday.

In the fall, the woman fell onto a bike part that was on the ground, police said.

She was airlifted to St George Hospital in Sydney, where she remains in a stable condition.

It’s unclear why she was in the tree or how she fell.