Man kicked by horse

This afternoon the Tauranga based TrustPower TECT rescue helicopter was called to a farm near Te Teko where a local man had been kicked by a horse. The man and two friends were riding when one of the horses kicked him in the lower leg whilst he was aboard his mount. He received a broken lower leg as a result, he was flown to Tauranga hospital for treatment.

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