A woman has been charged after a child was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash north west of Dorrigo on Thursday.
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Emergency services were called to Armidale Road, Dundurrabin, at around 3.45pm after a black Holden Commodore, travelling north, left the road.
The car went down an embankment before rolling onto its side and crashing into a tree.
The driver, a 28-year-old woman, freed herself from the vehicle.
Her passenger, a seven-year-old girl who is known to her, was released a short time later and airlifted to Brisbane Children's Hospital with serious head injuries.
Officers attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District established a crime scene, which was examined by specialist police from the Crash Investigation Unit.
The driver was arrested after she allegedly returned a positive roadside breath test.
She was taken to Dorrigo Police Station where a subsequent breath analysis returned an alleged reading of 0.067, before being taken to Dorrigo Hospital for mandatory testing.
The woman was then taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital under police guard, for observation.
She was released from hospital on Friday and taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station, where she was charged with 'dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm - drive under the influence', 'dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm - driver manner dangerous', negligent driving, 'drive with low range PCA', 'drive motor vehicle while licence suspended', 'use unregistered registrable Class A motor vehicle on road', and 'use uninsured motor vehicle'.
The Dundurrabin woman was refused bail and appeared at Port Macquarie Local Court on Saturday.