The Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to Matamata on Saturday afternoon.
A man in his 50’s had suffered a partial amputation of his foot, this happened when his ride-on mower rolled down an embankment.
After being stabilised on the steep embankment by Fire and Emergency personnel, he was winched into the Waikato Westpac Rescue Helicopter and flown to Waikato Hospital for Orthopaedic surgery.
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