Airlift drama after dog walker breaks leg (From Dorset Echo)
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Airlift drama after dog walker breaks leg
11:00am Monday 6th July 2009 in
A DOG walker was flown to hospital in the air ambulance after he broke his leg at Sutton Poyntz.
The drama occurred on the steep West Hill just after 11am on Saturday.
Villagers said that the man and his daughter, who are from Weymouth, were walking their two golden retrievers at the time.
It is believed that one of the dogs ran off and the father chased it, fell and suffered a broken tibia.
The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance flew him to Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester.
Village resident Yvonne Emery called the ambulance service after the man’s teenage daughter ran down from the hill asking for help. Mrs Emery said: “The trouble was it happened right on the slope of the hill.
“The air ambulance stopped at the top and the land ambulance went into the second field.
“They carried him down and then drove up to meet the air ambulance, which took him to Dorchester hospital.”
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Risaaa
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10:27am Tue 7 Jul 09
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siratb says...
6:10pm Mon 6 Jul 09
I vote we scrap the police helicopter and give the momeny to the Air Ambulance, or combine them into one multi-role chopper.