Forestry worker in intensive care after 200m fall

A Rotorua forestry worker remains in Tauranga Hospital's Intensive Care Unit after falling down a Bay of Plenty cliff face on Monday.

A hospital spokeswoman told APNZ the 21-year-old was in a "fair" condition in intensive care.

The Rotorua man was replanting pine trees for Tauranga-base Hancock Timber Resource Group about 4km inland from Hawai, north of Opotiki, when he lost his footing and plunged up to 200 metres down a cliff.

He was flown to Whakatane Hospital in a critical condition before being transferred to Tauranga.

The worker suffered a broken leg, a broken collarbone, and head and neck pain.

 

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