Paddleboarder injured at St Kilda

First responders help to bring an injured paddleboarder off the beach near Lawyers Head, in...
First responders help to bring an injured paddleboarder off the beach near Lawyers Head, in Dunedin. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON
A paddleboarder was taken to Dunedin Hospital after suffering moderate neck injuries near Lawyers Head this afternoon.

A police spokeswoman said police were called to assist at John Wilson Ocean Dr about 3.15pm.

The emergency call came from a lifeguard after a person on a paddle board suffered a neck injury, she said.

A police officer at the scene told an Otago Daily Times photographer the victim was a female.

St Kilda surf life saving club power craft officer Stefan Brown said St Kilda surf life savers assisted, using a side-by-side to transport the patient down the beach to a waiting ambulance.

A St John spokeswoman said the woman was transported to Dunedin Hospital in a moderate condition.

hamish.maclean@odt.co.nz

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