BY IAN CROUCH
The Hunter's Westpac Rescue Helicopter has been kept busy overnight and Wednesday morning with serious accidents in the Upper Hunter.
The chopper was called to a bad crash involving a car, a ute and a mobile crane on the Golden Highway at Jerrys Plains just after 7.00am on Wednesday.
A 45-year-old man who was driving the ute suffered serious head injuries after being thrown from the vehicle.
He was airlifted to the John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition for further treatment.
Meanwhile, a 68-year-old man suffered serious burns to his lower limbs after stepping into a drain filled with boiling fatty water at the Scone Abattoir.
The industrial accident happened at the Muffett Street site just before midnight.
The man was stabilised by the Helicopter's Critical Care Team before being flown to the John Hunter Hospital.
