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Remote rescue near Kawhia after quad bike accident

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Sat, 26 Dec 2015, 12:29PM
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Remote rescue near Kawhia after quad bike accident

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Sat, 26 Dec 2015, 12:29PM

A man spent Christmas night in pain after falling off a quad bike yesterday evening.

The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was sent to an isolated beach bach near Te Maika, south of the Kawhia harbour mouth, about 7.30 this morning.

A 40-year-old man with a serious chest injury and was flown to Waikato Hospital in Hamilton.

There was no road access to the place where the man hurt himself.

 

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