A nine-year-old boy sustained serious injuries after falling from a tree in Waihi Beach.
The Tauranga-based Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Waihi Beach around 1pm yesterday to transport the boy to hospital.
Pilot Todd Dunham says the boy suffered a serious leg injury and abdominal injuries.
'A road ambulance drove the patient to the Waihi Beach airfield where they met the helicopter.
'St John paramedics stabilised the patient before being flown to Waikato Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”
Todd says the helicopter was called due to the nature of the injuries and distance by road to the closest required hospital.
1 comment
here we go again
Posted on 20-01-2017 12:29 | By old trucker
Golly gosh, there are hundreds of kids that fall out of trees,i fell out of one at aged 8yrs old and a big stick went through the back of my left knee, the scar is still there,plus my arm went through the old wringer washing machine and wrapped all the skin around the roller and left a big hole, boys will be boys ,(girls) NO helicopter in those days 40 miles to hospital by car, they gave me a hard pill and sent me home,my shillings worth, for what its worth, No1 Thankyou.
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