Tuesday 25 February 2020

Woman Winched From Rock Fall At Hawks Nest

BY IAN CROUCH

A woman is recovering in the John Hunter Hospital after falling on rocks and injuring her ankle at Hawks Nest.

The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to the nearby headland just before 5.30pm on Monday.

Paramedics were winched down to the 29-year-old and stabilised her condition before she was winched on board the chopper and flown to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

The injured woman is winched on board the Westpac Rescue Helicopter at Haws Nest