Life Flight Responds to Motor Vehicle Accident near Clarence
Life Flight Trust Responds to a Motor Vehicle Accident near Clarence in the South Island
At 2:00pm this afternoon the Life
Flight Trust responded to Motor Vehicle Accident on State
Highway One near Clarence in the South Island.
Life Flight responded with a Wellington
Free Ambulance Paramedic on board the Westpac Rescue
Helicopter
The 38yr old male from Christchurch
was riding his motorbike when he hit the back of the
motorbike in front of him causing him to crash.
The
patient was treated by a local Ambulance crew.
The
Helicopter landed next to the Ambulance who was treating
the Patient.
The patient was flown to Wellington
Hospital Emergency Department where he is being treated for
his injuries.
The Life Flight Trust is a charity
providing air rescue and air ambulance services. It operates
the Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter and a
national air ambulance service. It relies on support from
the public and sponsorship from partners such as Westpac to
provide these services. Further information can be obtained
from www.lifeflight.org.nz
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