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Sam Lowe, 18, was at popular Sydney tourist sight on Saturday about 10.50pm
He slipped and lost his footing and suffered critical head and back injuries
Mr Lowe was with friends and had reportedly been drinking before the incident
The Canberra man is currently in hospital in a critical but stable condition

By Sahar Mourad For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 05:52 EDT, 21 April 2019 | Updated: 06:00 EDT, 21 April 2019

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A teenager has suffered critical injuries after falling eight metres off a cliff while trying to climb down to a viewing platform.

Sam Lowe was hanging out with friends at the popular Sydney tourist sight in Bondi on Saturday at 10.50pm when he fell, injuring his head and back.

Rescuers winched the 18-year-old to safety and rushed him to St George Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Sam Lowe was hanging out with friends at the popular Sydney tourist sight in Bondi on Saturday at 10.50pm when he fell, injuring his head and back (pictured)

The young man had reportedly been drinking before the incident.

A 16-year-old friend of Mr Lowe's told The Daily Telegraph Sam was trying to get to the bottom of the cliff to meet other friends.

'He's in hospital, he has multiple head fractures, multiple neck fractures and lost two teeth, they told us if the neck injury was any worse he would have died,' the friend said.

'There was us three boys there and the other boys on the rocks below us, we didn't know how to get down there so thought we could climb, there was no signs. He went to climb down facing towards me … it just happened with the flick of a finger.'

Rescuers winched the 18-year-old to safety and rushed him to St George Hospital in a serious but stable condition (pictured)

Mr Lowe's friends advised him against climbing down the cliff so late at night.

According to police, Mr Lowe was trying to get to the lower rock platform and slipped and lost his footing, causing him to fall backwards.

'He was on another ledge that was probably about 12 feet up off the bottom of the base of the cliff, so it made conditions pretty tricky for the paramedics,' NSW Ambulance Inspector Darren Hull said.