Out-of-control car ploughs into Qld pair

A woman is fighting for her life and her daughter has been seriously injured after they were hit by a car at farmers' markets in far north Queensland.

Police say the car was driven by an 82-year-old man who ran into the women at a park at Yungaburra, near Atherton.

A 52-year-old woman is in a critical condition with head injuries and her 21-year-old daughter also suffered head injuries, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said.

The driver, who was not injured, told police he lost control of the vehicle.

The older woman has been flown by helicopter to Townsville Hospital while her daughter was taken to Atherton Hospital.