A 26 year old female had to be airlifted to a hospital after she came off her quad bike in a remote area in Murray Park Springs this afternoon at around 18h00.

Exact details are still speculative, however is seems that a group of people were out on an off- road ride when the female rider came off her quad bike. Advanced life support paramedic Quinton from life had to be taken to the patient using 4×4’s. When he arrived on scene he realized that there is no way an ambulance could get to them, and with suspected spinal injuries they needed a helicopter to safely transport the patient to hospital.

Fortunately the Netcare 1 medical helicopter has the capability to fly at night. Within minutes of receiving the call they were airborne to the accident scene. When they landed the patient had been stabilized and packaged by the ground crew, the patient was loaded on board the helicopter and then airlifted to the Netcare Union hospital for further treatment.