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The right index finger of a man was severed in an accident at a Taupo timber yard about noon today.
The 39-year-old-Taupo man was sawing timber when the accident happened.
He was treated by St John paramedics and taken to Taupo Hospital, before the Taupo-based Lion Foundation rescue helicopter flew him to Waikato Hospital for re-attachment surgery.
- NZPA
