In the early hours of Saturday 5 December, around 2am the TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the East Coast town of Ruatoria where a single vehicle with 5 occupants rolled several times.
Many rescue helicopters were sent to the scene.
The TECT Rescue Helicopter treated and flew a woman in her early 20s to Waikato Hospital with multiple injuries, including head, chest, and pelvis, her condition was critical.
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