Woman, 83, hurt in country NSW bag snatch

An 83-year-old woman has broken her pelvis after being dragged to the ground during a bag snatch in northern NSW.

The woman was shopping at Ballina on Thursday when an attacker came from behind, grabbed her bag and pulled her to the ground before running away.

The woman was taken to Ballina Hospital in a stable condition, while police search for tall white man with short blond hair.