Fish & Chip Explosion Victim Flown to Wellington by Life Flight Air Ambulance
The Wellington-based Life Flight Air Ambulance landed at Wellington Airport just after 6pm with a seriously injured
burns victim from Nelson.
The Life Flight Air Ambulance, with a specialist flight doctor and nurse from the Wellington Hospital Intensive Care
Unit, were called to Nelson this afternoon to transport the man.
"We understand that the man was injured by an explosion at his Fish and Chip shop earlier today" says Life Flight
Operations Manager Dave Greenberg.
The 67 year old Nelson man is suffering facial, arm and leg burns and is being transported to the Hutt Hospital Burn
Unit for further treatment.
Life Flight provides air rescue services to the Greater Wellington Region, Wairarapa, Kapiti and Marlborough via the
Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter and air ambulance services nationally via the Life Flight Air Ambulance
service.
In the 12 months ending March 31 2009 ---- 79 Nelson Hospital patients were transported aboard the Westpac Rescue
Helicopter and 205 were transported aboard the Life Flight Air Ambulance service.
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