Lifeguards attach woman to a spinal board and she is taken to the hospital

At the bottom she is visibly distressed as staff enter the pool to help her

from the rubber ring and crashes into the tunnel

This is the dramatic moment a woman was taken to hospital on a spinal board after she was thrown from a rubber ring and hit her head on a water slide.

Footage of the incident, which took place at Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, shows Rea Smith, 16, becoming separated on the slide before she crashes into the tunnel.

The woman's brother, Matt, filmed the rapid descent on his GoPro while on the slide, and caught the moment of impact on camera.

Matt Smith filmed the group and his sister rapidly descending the water slide on his GoPro camera

The video shows Matt asking his sister if she is aright, then realising she is injured and trying to help her.

Rea lands separately from the rest of the group and appears to be in distress as her brother explains to staff what happened.

Meanwhile people appear to continue coming down the slide behind them as staff members enter the pool to help the woman.

Lifeguards attach Rea to a spinal board so that she can be taken to the hospital.

Rea became separated from the group on the slide before she crashed into the wall of the tunnel

Matt called out to his sister to see if she was okay before quickly realising that she wasn't and offering her assistance

Writing online after the incident, Matt said: 'My family and I were in Woburn Center Parcs last week catching up with the rest of my family.

'We had been doing lots of activities over the various days, and a common one was going on the slides at the swimming pool.

'We had gone down this specific ride many times before. I was recording on my GoPro Hero 4 because it was new and funny to see people's reaction as we went down this ride.

Staff members quickly entered the pool to help the injured woman and the water slide was paused

Lifeguards attached Rea to a spinal board and removed her from the pool so that she could be taken to the hospital

'My sister fell off the ride due to not holding on tight enough. She slipped backwards off the inflatable because of the impacts of the rushing water.'

The man added that his sister was X-rayed and was only bruised. He added how impressed he was with staff at the park who helped them.

He wrote: 'I would like to thank the entire team at Center Parcs for all of their help.'

Rea (right) was X-rayed at the hospital and it was determined that she only received bruising from the incident

The dramatic water slide incident took place at Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire

Speaking to MailOnline about the incident, a spokesperson for Center Parcs said: 'We are aware of this incident which involved a guest losing her grip on our raft ride at Woburn Forest.

'When the accident occurred, the lifeguard team acted quickly and used a spinal board as a precautionary measure.

'Our medical team checked her over and sent her to hospital who confirmed the injury was a bruised spine.

'We followed up with the guest and her family soon after and were pleased to hear she was OK.'

Center Parcs said that their medical team checked the woman over and sent her to hospital