Helicopter pick up in Barraba

Around 4:30pm, on Monday 28 October, a Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a reported accident involving a firearm at a property in Bingara, north of Tamworth. A man in his 20s was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics at the scene for an arm injury before being transported by road to meet the helicopter’s critical care medical team at Barraba.  The man was further treated before being airlifted to Tamworth Hospital.