Serious burns: 3-year-old girl injured in Rotorua
27 Jan, 2021 05:26 PM
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Rotorua Daily Post
The child who suffered serious burns in Rotorua on Tuesday was a 3-year-old girl, it has been revealed.
Emergency services were called to the address on Perkins St, Pukehangi about 5pm Tuesday after reports that a young person had been burnt. Police were stood down and ambulance crews took over, a police spokesperson said.
A St John spokeswoman said two ambulances were sent to the scene and one person was taken to Rotorua Hospital with critical injuries.
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A Greenlea Rescue Helicopter spokeswoman confirmed they were sent to meet an ambulance at the Rotorua Hospital helipad about 6pm on Tuesday.
Helicopter crash in Mahia likely caused by wire strike
16 Dec, 2020 11:40 PM
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The helicopter pilot who survived a crash in Mahia was taken to Gisborne Hospital. Photo / Gisborne Herald
The helicopter pilot who survived a crash in Mahia was taken to Gisborne Hospital. Photo / Gisborne Herald
A helicopter that crashed in rural Mahia on Wednesday is believed to have struck wires prior to the incident.
The pilot, a 43-year-old man, was the only person on board the helicopter when it crashed shortly after 6am.
A Waikato District Health Board spokeswoman said the man in his 40s remains in a stable condition in the High Dependency Unit.