The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter
was dispatched to Whakatane Hospital at 8am and 8pm today.
The first mission was for a 51yr old Gisborne woman with a
suspected spinal injury as a result of a car crash. The
second flight was for a 20yr old Kawerau woman with facial
injuries after crashing off a motocross bike. Both woman
were seriously injured and transported under care of an ICU
retrieval team back to Waikato
Hospital.
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