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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Man falls three metres from roof, suffers head and back injuries

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter took a 58-year-old man to John Hunter Hospital after he fell from a roof at Fountaindale on Monday afternoon. File picture

A man who fell from a roof on the Central Coast has been air-lifted to hospital.

Emergency crews were called to a rural property at Fountaindale about 2.30pm on Monday after the 58-year-old dropped about three metres from a roof.

The man suffered head and back injuries as a result of the fall.

NSW Ambulance paramedics and a Westpac Rescue Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team responded to the call for help.

They stabilised the man at the scene before he was flown to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.

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