Trout fisherman airlifted after fall

Wairarapa Times-Age Thursday, March 13, 2008

A Featherston man was airlifted form the Tararua Rangers after injuring his shoulder in a fall yesterday afternoon. Wairarapa Ambulance Service manager Shaun Camp said the man was airlifted aboard a Carterton based Amalgamated Helicopters machine form the Tutuwai Hut in the Tauherenikau River valley soon after 3pm yesterday. The man, 44, had been trout fishing and was treated at the scene for a shoulder injury he received in a fall before he was flown to Wairarapa Hospital for further treatment, Mr Camp said.