2LT Local News
29-year old man winched to safety from Leura Cascades after fall
Apr 10, 2019
LEURA, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia – Late Tuesday afternoon bushwalkers in Leura Cascades heard cries for help.
The cries were coming from a 29-year old man who had fallen from a track into the bush.
Emergency services were called around 3:45pm Tuesday afternoon. Due to poor phone reception, and a lack of local knowledge by the caller, it took some time for emergency services to pinpoint the man's location.
Once the location was identified it took time for rescuers to reach the man because of the rugged terrain.
On arrival paramedics Ambulance Special Operations Paramedics treated and stabilised the man before Police Rescue & NSWFR carried him out where he was taken to the Ambulance Rescue Helicopter and flown to Westmead.
He is reportedly in stable condition.
It was a busy days for emergency services in the Blue Mountains. Earlier in ther day a tourist from New York was airliufted from the Megalong Valley after she was bitten by a snake. She also is recovering in Westmead Hospital.
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