A teenager has had a lucky escape after getting trapped on rocks with a broken leg as an incoming tide threatened to engulf her.
The TECT Rescue Helicopter was sent to Bowentown, Waihi Beach, on Friday after a 17-year-old Morrinsville woman fell 4 to 5 metres on to rocks, breaking her leg.
With the injured woman trapped on the rocks, she was in further danger by the incoming tide.
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The TECT Rescue Helicopter found her and winched the onboard intensive care paramedic down to her, as the tide was washing over her legs.