kite surfer rushed to Perth

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knots
knots
WA
114 posts
WA, 114 posts
1 Oct 2008 8:36am
A 27 year old man was eletrocuted and received serious head unjuries after his kite surfer became entangled in powerlines on sunday afternoon.The man was preparing to enetrer the mater at the back beach before a strong gust of wind carried him across ocean drive and into the powerlines near Hastie street.He was briefly tangled before dropping to ground unconscious.An off duty policemen alerted emergency services to the scene.police and paramedics rushed to the man to Bunbury regional hospital before been medivac to Royal Perth hospital.He was kept on a ventilator in the intensive care unit, but is now in a stable condition and able to breath by himself.
The man was from France on holiday.
junglist
junglist
VIC
701 posts
VIC, 701 posts
1 Oct 2008 10:56am
Jesus

Here we go

Being French aside, hope he recovers soon.
Mr float
Mr float
NSW
3452 posts
NSW, 3452 posts
1 Oct 2008 12:03pm
I am sure that in your haste to get this news out there you missed the thread already running on this .Anyway speedy recovery to the guy who copped it
sebol
sebol
WA
753 posts
WA, 753 posts
1 Oct 2008 12:19pm
FRENCH FRY
Hope he recovers quickly and back on the water.
Kadkhah
Kadkhah
WA
381 posts
WA, 381 posts
1 Oct 2008 1:16pm
sebol said...

FRENCH FRY
Hope he recovers quickly and back on the water.


Its not fair, I was going to say french fry
Biagro
Biagro
WA
178 posts
WA, 178 posts
1 Oct 2008 3:55pm
i'm from bunbury and i hope they don't bann kitesurfing there. i heard that he was using an old kite and wasn't aware of the saftey wasn't working properly
jan
jan
WA
1119 posts
jan jan
WA, 1119 posts
1 Oct 2008 7:16pm
knots said...

A 27 year old man was eletrocuted


if he was electrocuted he wouldn't be rushed anywhere other than to a morgue ;)

Macca Wollongong
Macca Wollongong
NSW
295 posts
NSW, 295 posts
1 Oct 2008 10:18pm
jan said...

knots said...

A 27 year old man was eletrocuted


if he was electrocuted he wouldn't be rushed anywhere other than to a morgue ;)




Agreed, we learnt this in the 1st week of take HAHA

The correct term is received and electric shock!
SaveTheWhales
SaveTheWhales
WA
1908 posts
WA, 1908 posts
1 Oct 2008 9:15pm
Lesson learnt

Boardies on outside of wetties - do not make you more Tufferer !

Oops I meant, Hope he has a speedy recovery

westhammer
westhammer
WA
507 posts
WA, 507 posts
1 Oct 2008 11:33pm
noffin fkn funny about this,,,Wipe out.
MintoxGT
MintoxGT
WA
975 posts
WA, 975 posts
2 Oct 2008 12:14am
Holy sheite, hope the bloke gets better!!
TOAD
TOAD
NSW
305 posts
NSW, 305 posts
2 Oct 2008 8:46am
How bad is this for kitesurfing ?? Just imagine all the people with no idea saying it should be band from our beaches???? Any idea what sort of level he was at ?? I mean did he have any idea what he was doing? or did he just grab a kite and have a go ????
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