A 17-year-old youth suffered possible spinal injuries when he entered the water awkwardly after a 22m jump from the rock called "the nun" at Piha yesterday.
Alerted by his friends, lifeguards took him off the beach on a stretcher to a first aid room and an ambulance sped him to Waitakere Hospital.
Youth hurt after jump at beach
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