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Subscriber only A man has been flown to hospital with lower leg injuries after a skydiving accident at Tyagarah. The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter said in a statement they were tasked to the airfield by NSW Ambulance about 7.30pm on Thursday. They were responding to a report of a parachuting accident at Tyagarah with initial reports that two parachuters had collided during the jump . NSW Ambulance Paramedics and the Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team treated and stabilised a 35-year-old male for lower leg injuries after colliding mid free fall from 10,000 feet with a fellow parachutist, the service said.
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Update, 12.50pm: Rural Fire Service Far North Coast Inspector David Cook said the crash today involved two vehicles on Mount Burrell Rd, Mount Burrell. There were two vehicles involved in a collision and currently there are two ambulances on scene, he said. The paramedics are assessing the occupants but there does not appear to be any serious injuries. It is understood that the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter was not required. Insp Cook said police were also on scene. I want to thank the crews from Kungbar Fire Brigade for turning out to this incident, he said.
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The Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter has flown a man to a Queensland hospital in a serious condition after a fall.
The helicopter service was tasked by NSW Ambulance to reports of a fall in a home in Upper Eden Creek, north of Kyogle, shortly after 6am.
“NSW Ambulance Paramedics arrived and due to the location walked into the property as it wasn’t accessible by vehicle,” the helicopter service said in a statement.
“The Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team followed shortly after and assisted in the treatment of a male in his 30s who had fallen three to four meters from an attic onto a concrete floor.
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Subscriber only A BOATIE rescued from an ocean beacon after he fell from his 45ft cruiser has told how he jumped up and down in the nude while waving his board shorts to attract the attention of passing boats. David Simpson, 64, spent three and a half hours clinging to a beacon as boats and helicopters scoured the water nearby looking for him. A massive search was sparked after his abandoned boat hit the Caloundra bar, the motor still running and his dog on board. Mr Simpson, who recently sailed solo to Port Douglas and back, was cruising past Bribie Island yesterday afternoon in rough seas when he fell from his boat, the MV Focus.