Wednesday 14 December 2022

Boy rescued after Salamander Bay quarry fall

BY DAKOTA TAIT

A boy has been rescued after falling in a quarry at Salamander Bay on Tuesday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to Diemars Road around 5pm.

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter's Critical Care Team was lowered into the quarry to assist paramedics.

Paramedics stabilised the teenager, who had fallen three metres onto rocks and suffered pelvic and ankle fractures.

He was winch-extracted from the scene and airlifted to the John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.