The
Palmerston North based Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to a
rural road east of Mangaweka this morning at 9am where a car
had plunged several hundred feet down a cliff after coming
off the road. The three young occupants from Marton and
Bulls miraculously survived the fall and despite their
injuries were able to extricate themselves from the upturned
wreckage.
By the time the Rescue Helicopter arrived at the
scene Taihape Fire Brigade, local Police and St John
Ambulance resources were on hand.
The helicopter was used
to hoist all of the occupants to safety, one of whom, an 18
year old male passenger from Bulls, required to be hoisted
in a stretcher due to the nature of his injuries. He was
airlifted to Palmerston North Hospital with suspected spinal
injuries.
The Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the due
to the inaccessible location of the
patients.
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