THE Tamworth rescue chopper flew to two separate motorbike accidents on the weekend.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter flew to Inverell to retrieve a 31-year-old man who’d sustained head injuries in motorbike stack at Ashford.
NSW Ambulance crews treated the man and transported him to the Inverell airport where he was then taken by chopper to Tamworth hospital.
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He was reported to be in a stable condition on Sunday morning.
On Saturday the Tamworth chopper to Merotherie, north of Gulgong to pick up a 58-year-old man who had broken his leg in a motorbike accident.
He was also flown to Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital and was also reported to be in a stable condition.
Jacob McArthur
Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.
Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.
