Tramper injured
A Royal New Zealand Air Force helicopter from Wig-; ram was used yesterday i afternoon to- fly an injured woman from Jagged Stream, in the upper Rakaia Valley, to .Methven after her companion had alerted the police that' she could not walk from the area.' •
The woman ■ is Evelyn Robins, of Colenso Street, Sumner. She ' was later treated by a, doctor but was not expected to need immediate hospital treatment for an injury to’a knee.
The rescue bid was co-or-dinated from the Ashburton Police Station which had received the call, soon after 8 a.m. The two trampers were about tw6 kilometres up Jagged Stream from the Rakaia River when Miss Robins was injured. Six jet boats were used to get 18 search and rescue personnel. as close to ■ the spot as possible in what was to be an attempt to carry Miss Robins out. Low river levels, however, meant that the boats could travel only a short distance into the Jagged Stream and the decision was then made to call for a helicopter. The two: trampers had been in the area since Boxing Day...
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Press, 29 December 1980, Page 2
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