One person injured in workplace incident

One person was moderately injured in a workplace incident in Hills Creek, Central Otago.

A police spokeswoman said officers were called to a workplace incident in Wedderburn-Becks Road which was reported just after 3pm.

One man was reported to have collapsed, the spokeswoman said.

A St John spokeswoman said an ambulance and a helicopter attended and airlifted one patient in a moderate condition to Dunedin Hospital.

A WorkSafe spokeswoman said it had been notified of the incident, and was making inquiries.

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