Mountain biker flown from the timber trail

The Taupo Based Greenlea Rescue helicopter was dispatched to the pureora forest this afternoon, by the RCCNZ after a PLB was activated.

A man who was hunting with his son, used his own beacon to raise the alarm for a group of cyclists, one of whom has had a fall.

The group were quickly located with the help of a GPS coordinate acquired from the active PLB, near the end of the timber trail.

Due to the terrain a LandSAR member and a medic were hover loaded from the helicopter in the only possible location near the injured woman.

The woman in her fifties was treated and stretcher loaded into the hovering helicopter before being flown to Rotorua Hospital with pelvis and hip injuries.

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