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Emergency services in the Tunnel Beach carpark after transporting a patient into a rescue helicopter.\u00a0Photo: Ruby Shaw <\/p>\nOne person with serious injuries has been flown to hospital by helicopter after\u00a0an incident at a Dunedin beach this afternoon.<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson said they\u00a0were notified \u201cof a man jumping into the water\u00a0at Tunnel Beach\u201d, about\u00a01.30pm on Sunday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man appeared injured and emergency services were called.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police were at the scene to manage the public and to close the Tunnel Beach carpark so a helicopter could land to\u00a0airlift the man to hospital, the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Hato Hone St John spokesperson described\u00a0it as a \u201cfall incident\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur crews assessed and treated one patient who was airlifted to Christchurch hospital in a serious condition\u201d, the spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Tunnel Beach carpark was cordoned off\u00a0about 2.30pm while emergency services transported the injured person into the rescue helicopter.<\/p>\n
Emergency services in the Tunnel Beach carpark after transporting a patient into a rescue helicopter.\u00a0Photo: Ruby Shaw <\/p>\n
A woman at the scene said a patient had been winched from the beach, and was suspended under the helicopter.<\/p>\n
They were lowered onto a stretcher in the carpark and then, when the helicopter landed, loaded into it.<\/p>\n
Another woman said she had been told a person had been injured while jumping into the sea from a cliff.<\/p>\n
About a dozen people watched the helicopter land \u2014\u00a0cars were backed about 100m up Tunnel Beach Rd while the carpark was cordoned off.<\/p>\n
A police car and an ambulance were also in attendance.<\/p>\n