The 14-year-old girl was flown to Glasgow to undergo emergency surgery A teenager from Berwickshire has been flown to hospital in Glasgow after she was crushed by ice and snow falling from the roof of her house on Thursday.
The-14-year-old girl was flown 70 miles by air ambulance to the Southern General Hospital on Friday for specialist spinal injury treatment.
She had been clearing a path outside her home near Gordon when she was engulfed by the snowfall.
She was first taken to Borders General Hospital near Melrose.
The girl had spent the night there after the accident on Thursday evening, but the decision to fly her for emergency surgery was taken on Friday morning.
A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said: “We can confirm that a teenager suffered spinal injuries after being hit by falling ice and snow on Thursday.
“She was transferred by air ambulance to hospital in Glasgow.”
The youngster had been off school because of the severe weather conditions.
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