Farmer Injured in a Vehicle Accident in the Wairarapa

At approximately 6:00pm this this evening the Life Flight Trust was responded to the Wairarapa to an injured farmer.

Life Flight responded in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board.

The Male farmer in his 40’s had been driving his vehicle along a ridge when a gust of wind blew his vehicle over and rolled. The vehicle rolled a few meters down the hill.

The Helicopter was able to land on the ridge above the crash site. The injured farmer was being treated by a local Ambulance crew and the local Fire Brigade. Once the Helicopter was on scene the farmer was loaded into the Helicopter then flown to Masterton Hospital Emergency Department with minor 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 nationwide 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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