Mountain Bike Rider Transported To Hospital By Helicopter FromKarapoti

So much for the alleged "healthfulness" of mountain biking....

Mike


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Mountain Bike Rider Transported To Hospital By Helicopter From
Karapoti

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Voxy News Engine
Sunday, 14 February, 2010 - 14:48

The Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter transported a 32 year
old woman to hospital today after she fell from her moutain bike while
riding at Karapoti near Upper Hutt.

The helicopter, with a Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic onboard was
called to the accident just before midday today. The woman was
believed to have fallen in an area approximately 50 minutes walking
time from the Karapoti carpark end of the trail. The alarm was raised
by fellow riders who had to return to the the Karapoti carpark to get
cellphone coverage. "Our initial information was that she had fallen
down a steep bank and may need to be winched from where she had
fallen" says Colin Larsen, Westpac Rescue Helicopter crewman. "We were
told by the womans friends that she had suffered quite a deep
laceration to her left leg".

One of the womans friends was able to help the helicopter crew
navigate to where it was thought she had fallen. A brief search of the
area was carried out by the helicopter before we were notified that
other bike riders had helped the woman back out to the Karapoti
carpark.

The helicopter then returned to the carpark where the woman was
treated by the Wellington Free Ambulance helicopter paramedic and
flown to the Wellington Hospital Emergency Department. She is
currently being further assesed and treated for her injury.