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Alexandria Utting and Tara Cassidy

Driver rescued in Gold Coast hinterland found hundreds of metres from car, off steep ravine

Witnesses told officers the car flipped several times before rolling about 100 metres off the road. (ABC News: Tara Cassidy)

A woman is lucky to be alive after the car she was driving through the Gold Coast hinterland left the road and rolled several times.

Police were called to Tamborine Oxenford Rd at Wongawallan about 7:20am after reports a car had tried to overtake several other vehicles.

Witnesses told officers the car flipped several times before rolling about 100 metres off the road.

The Queensland Ambulance Service said the woman was in a stable condition. (ABC News: Tara Cassidy)

A Queensland police spokeswoman said it was originally reported the driver had fled the scene.

But about two hours later, officers heard a woman yelling out from an embankment beside the road.

A helicopter was involved in the rescue.

Paramedics, fire crews and police officers located the woman in bushland, after searching for her for some time.

She had suffered arm, back and possible neck injuries.

Police were called to Tamborine Oxenford Rd at Wongawallan. (ABC News)

Captain James Croak from Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said he could not believe the woman had survived the crash, as the car had rolled multiple times and been airborne.

He said it was understood the woman left the car after the crash, before walking into bushland and falling.

"It's amazing that that person did that and she's been winched out successfully and transported to hospital.

"Anyone who can walk away from an incident like this, buy a lottery ticket."

Captain James Croak says the woman is lucky to be alive. (ABC News: Tara Cassidy)

According to Captain Croak, the woman was found hundreds of metres from the wreckage, stuck down the side of a mountain.

"We're still trying to understand the reasoning for what's happened and how that's happened," he said.

"It's approximately 150 metres into the bushland then a further 100 metres off a very steep ravine where she was located … so about 400 metres from the car."

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