Driver injured after attempting to avoid hitting kangaroo near St Arnaud

Police said the vehicle the woman was driving hit a tree after she swerved to avoid hitting a kangaroo.

The crash happened at Carapooee, south of St Arnaud, about 8.40am today.

Emergency services were called to Stuart Mill Low Road near the intersection with Murray Road.

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Police said the St Arnaud woman, 71, had to be cut out of the vehicle.

She was the car's sole occupant.

Police said the woman sustained non-life threatening leg injuries.

She was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where she remains in a stable condition.

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