A person released from Campervan after being imprisoned by Fallen Tree

A critically wounded person was released from the wreck on Sunday evening.
Photo: Delivered / David McNeill

Critically injured person was released from the camper wreck by the rescue services and the digger, more than two hours after the tree fell on the vehicle.

The incident took place in the small rural settlement of Balmoral, in the Hurunui Canterbury district, on Sunday evening.

The spokesman for the Fire and Emergency NZ said that he had received reports about a fallen tree just before 19:30.

St John Ambulance treated the patient when he was still imprisoned.

Complicated saving required heavy machines and lasted hours.
Photo: Delivered / David McNeill

Simon Lyford, a change manager in fire and emergency states, claims that complicated saving required heavy machines and lasted hours, and the local contractor and the farmer’s tractor brought to help.

Fire brigade crews, which were able to remove the trunk of using a tree, and the person was pulled out just before 22:00.

It was not clear if the Balmoral incident was caused by the weather Earlier there were serious storm warnings with lightningThe spokesman said.

Efforts to get a rescue helicopter for this incident failed and had to be lifted because of the weather.

Firefighters used a local contractor and a farmer tractor to free this person.
Photo: Delivered / David McNeill

Instead, a person would be transported to the hospital by road.

St John Ambulance said the patient had critical injuries.