TrustPower TECT Rescue Helicopter: Two Missions Today

Today around 1300 hrs the Tauranga based Trustpower TECT Rescue helicopter was dispatched to Matakana Is where a 4 year old local boy was suffering from abdominal pain, as a precaution the helicopter was used to fly him to Tauranga hospital for further treatment. His condition was stable.

On arrival to Tauranga hospital the Trustpower TECT rescue helicopter was immediately dispatched to Te Kaha where a 52 year old Rotorua man had collided with a large truck when he lost control of his motorbike on a sharp bend. The man and his motorbike collided with the front of the truck with rider finishing up down a bank. He received serious hip and lower leg injuries. His two riding companions called emergency services, the patient was driven to Te Kaha medical centre to meet the helicopter, which flew him to Rotorua hospital for treatment to his injuries.

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