Westpac Rescue Helicopter landed on the sports field at the Tumbi Umbi Campus of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College on Thursday, February 29, to pick up an injured motorcycle rider.
The chopper was called in by NSW Ambulance at about 6.30am to assist after a collision between a motorbike and a car on Tumbi Rd near Bellevue Rd at Wamberal.
Ambulance paramedics treated the man for multiple injuries at the scene of the accident before he was transported by road to the school sports field to meet the chopper.
The man, aged in his 50s, was further treated and stabilised by the helicopter’s critical care medical team before being flown to John Hunter Hospital.