Man seriously injured by a bull in the Wairarapa

A Life Flight Trust team transferred a seriously injured man from the Wairarapa yesterday afternoon.

The Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter, with a Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic onboard, responded to Mikimiki, North of Masterton, around 1240 this afternoon.

On our arrival a Wellington Free Ambulance crew were treating the man who had been mauled and trampled by a bull.

"One of the guys who saw the incident said the man was flung around like a rag doll and then trampled by the bull" says Dave Greenberg, Life Flight Crewman.  "His condition deteriorated so the WFA paramedics intubated him and then we flew him through to hospital.

The 79 year old Upper Hutt man was flown to Wellington Hospital in a very serious condition, arriving at about 2:35pm.

The Life Flight Trust is a charity providing air rescue and air ambulance services. It operates the Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter and a national air ambulance service. It relies on support from the public and sponsorship from partners such as Westpac to provide these services. Further information can be obtained from www.lifeflight.org.nz