15 Aug 2013

Teenager injured in logging accident

12:07 pm on 15 August 2013

A tennager injured at a logging site has been flown to Taranaki Base Hospital.

St John Ambulance says he fell down a bank and fractured his hip.

The incident happened at a logging site inland from Waverly, in South Taranaki, at about 8.30am on Thursday.

He was taken to hospital by the Taranaki rescue helicopter.