Propeller cuts boy's leg to bone

A 9-year-old boy was airlifted to Starship Hospital after a boat propeller cut his leg to the bone this afternoon.

The boy was struck by the craft - at full speed - at Tinopai in Northland about 4pm, a St John spokesman said.

"It was quite a deep cut and the boat was going at full speed," he said. "The bone has been exposed".

Local firefighters gave the boy first aid until ambulance and a Northland Emergency Services Trust helicopter arrived to transport the boy to Starship Hospital in Auckland.

 

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