WATCH: Incredible scenes as rescuers retrieve injured teen from bottom of cliff

A TEENAGE girl sparked a major rescue operation in Sydney’s east on Sunday after slipping and falling off the edge of a cliff.

The girl, said to be aged 15, is said to have suffered serious leg and head injuries after plunging 10 metres down a jagged crevice on the cliff’s edge at Vaucluse on Sunday afternoon.

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News helicopters filmed the incredible rescue as emergency crews were carefully lowered down the side of the cliff to reach the teen who lay trapped and injured in a tight, rocky space.

She was assessed and stabilised before being placed onto a spinal board which was used to keep her afloat as rescuers swam her out to an awaiting surf rescue boat.

 WATCH: Emergency rescue after girl falls off cliff