Man hurt in roof fall

A man is believed to have suffered broken ribs and a shoulder injury in a fall on a house roof near Katikati this morning.

The man is understood to have fallen from one section of the two-storey roof to another, presenting fire fighters with the problem of getting him to the ground and the waiting ambulance.

The injured man about to be lowered from the roof. Photo: Elaine Fisher.

It took Katikati volunteer firefighters an hour to get the injured man into a Stokes basket and lower him down to the ambulances using ropes and ladders.

The accident site is at a rural address in Chard Road, Aongatete, off Lund Road. His condition is not yet known.

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