First responders help to bring an injured paddleboarder off the beach near Lawyers Head, in Dunedin. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSONA paddleboarder was taken to Dunedin Hospital after suffering moderate neck injuries near Lawyers Head this afternoon. The emergency call came from a lifeguard after a person on a paddle board suffered a neck injury, she said. St Kilda surf life saving club power craft officer Stefan Brown said St Kilda surf life savers assisted, using a side-by-side to transport the patient down the beach to a waiting ambulance. A St John spokeswoman said the woman was transported to Dunedin Hospital in a moderate condition.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 04, 2021 05:48 UTC