Chopper flies in to save the day

Toll Ambulance Rescue involved in multiple incidents over the weekend

A medical team was winched to the bottom of Kariong Brook Falls by Toll Ambulance Rescue helicopter on Monday, February 5, to assist an injured person who had fallen about five metres.

PolAir was also hovering overhead to assist if required.

The patient and medical team were winched by helicopter out of the waterfall, loaded on the Toll Ambulance and flown to Royal North Shore Hospital.

The patient’s condition at the time of the incident was unclear.

Toll Rescue helicopter had been called to another medical incident the day before on Sunday, February 4, at Umina.

The chopper landed at Umina soccer oval to meet ambulance paramedics and police to assist a man who had fallen off a roof.

Reported to be in stable condition, the man was loaded onboard and flown to Royal North Shore Hospital.

On the same day the medical team on the Careflight helicopter landed at Wyee Oval to treat and then transport a person to John Hunter Hospital after he sustained multiple stab wounds in an assault.

A Careflight medical team was also called to Mangrove Creek at about 11am on Sunday, February 4, following a quad bike accident on private property.

Two riders were thrown from the bike after crashing into a gate.

Ambulance paramedics assessed the pair and stabilised their condition before they were airlifted to Westmead Hospital – one via Careflight and other by Toll Rescue helicopter.