Tag: Westpac Rescue helicopter
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ELDERLY PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY CAR
An elderly man has been airlifted to hospital after he was struck by a car at Narara this afternoon. It’s believed the vehicle hit him in the driveway of a Pacific Highway home, just after 2:00pm. He suffered a fractured thigh bone and chest pain and was taken to John Hunter Hospital in a stable…
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CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER SUFFERING CARDIAC ARREST AIRLIFTED
A man in his 50’s has been airlifted from an ocean liner off the far north coast. The Pacific Jewel cruise liner was approximately five nautical miles off Lennox Head, when the Westpac Rescue Helicopter winched a paramedic and doctor on-board to treat a male passenger who was suffering a cardiac arrest. The patient, believed…
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17-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AIRLIFTED AFTER RAYMOND TERRACE CRASH
A young woman is in a critical condition after being involved in a car crash near Raymond Terrace. Emergency units responded to a two-car collision on Seaham Road around 11am. It took rescuers more than an hour to free an 17-year-old woman from the wreckage of a hatchback. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter airlifted, the patient…
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INJURED MOTORBIKE RIDER WINCHED FROM DENSE BUSHLAND AT ABERDARE
A 46-year-old male has been airlifted to John Hunter Hospital with internal injuries and fractures, after coming of his dirt bike earlier today in the Hunter Valley. Around 12:30pm, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter responded to reports of a motorbike accident in dense bushland near Aberdare, between Kurri and Cessnock. Due to limited accessibility, paramedics were…
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11-YEAR-OLD AND AID WORKER AIRLIFTED AFTER GLENROCK FALL
An 11-year-old boy and a man – thought to be a support worker – have been winched to safety after becoming trapped at the base of a waterfall near Newcastle. It’s thought the pair left a track in the Glenrock State Conservation Area, and were injured after slipping and falling five metres into rock pools…
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SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR A MAN SWEPT INTO THE OCEAN AT NOBBYS
Police, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Volunteer Marine Rescue, and Surf Life Savers are currently searching for a man who was swept into the ocean in Newcastle yesterday. Around 7pm last night, two 23-year-old men were on a rock-face near Nobbys Beach when a wave knocked the pair into the water. Bystanders assisted one of the…
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SIX INJURED IN LAKE MACQUARIE CAR CRASH
Six people have been involved in a two-car crash at Cooranbong overnight. A 22-year-old woman suffered injuries to her lower legs in the smash – just after seven-o’clock. She was flown to John Hunter Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, while two other passengers were transported via ambulance. Their injuries aren’t considered life-threatening.
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MAN INJURED BY PLANE AT MALANGANEE
A mishap while starting a light plane has left a 68-year-old man with multiple lacerations to his lower body. He was struck by the aircraft’s propeller at Malanganee just before four yesterday afternoon. The man was airlifted to Lismore Base Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
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LOST BUSHWALKERS FOUND SAFE
Two hikers have been found safe and well, despite spending a night lost in dense bushland within the Border Ranges National Park. The alarm was raised yesterday morning, after the pair failed to return on Friday. Following an extensive search hampered by storms, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter located the duo around 5pm. Both were winched…
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RESCUE CHOPPER CALLED IN FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY ON COAL SHIP
A medical mercy mission this afternoon, with a man flown to hospital from a coal ship off Newcastle. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked with airlifting the 65-year-old from the United Crown, which was almost 10kms off the coast between Redhead and Swansea. Suffering a heart condition, the man was taken to John Hunter Hospital.