Woman Climber Injured in Mt Cook National Park
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 2:20 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government
Woman Climber Injured in Mt Cook National Park
New Zealand
Police National News Release
12:11pm 6 December
2006
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release.html?id=2772
At
7.30am this morning emergency services received a call that
a 24 year old woman had fallen 300m near Annette Plateau in
the Mt Cook National Park.
She has since been rescued by
the Mt Cook Rescue Team and flown to Christchurch Hospital
where her condition is said to be serious.
"She has
suffered serious head injuries," says Constable Brent
SWANSON, Twizel Police.
The woman had been a member of a
party of four clients with a guide on a basic mountaineering
course.
The woman is from Denmark and her family have
been
notified.
ENDS
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