A man has been thrown into the air and injured in what is being described as a freak accident involving a tree.
The Life Flight crew responded on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, with a Wellington Free Ambulance paramedic, to a property in the Seddon area, near Blenheim, just after midday.
On arrival they found the Seddon Fire Brigade treating a man aged in his 70s who had been tossed into the air while cutting down a tree.
"Apparently the tree snapped and the trunk caught the man, flinging him about three metres into the air" said Life Flight crewman Dave Greenberg. "He was quite lucky that he didn't follow the tree which fell approximately 10 metres down a bank".
The man sustained multiple injuries, none of which were life-threatening.
