TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter: Two Missions
Today
Crew load the injured motorcycle
rider into the Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter at Te Kaha
medical centre.
Today around 1300 hrs the Tauranga
based Trustpower TECT Rescue helicopter was dispatched to
Matakana Is where a 4 year old local boy was suffering from
abdominal pain, as a precaution the helicopter was used to
fly him to Tauranga hospital for further treatment. His
condition was stable.
On arrival to Tauranga hospital the
Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter was immediately dispatched
to Te Kaha where a 52 year old Rotorua man had collided with
a large truck when he lost control of his motorbike on a
sharp bend. The man and his motorbike collided with the
front of the truck with rider finishing up down a bank. He
received serious hip and lower leg injuries. His two riding
companions called emergency services, the patient was driven
to Te Kaha medical centre to meet the helicopter, which flew
him to Rotorua hospital for treatment to his
injuries.
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