By Staff Reporter
BLOEMFONTEIN-A -45- year old Free State man miraculously survived a fall from a flying helicopter on Wednesday.
Spokesperson for the provincial Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Sipho Towa said they received a call for an accident on a farm about 40 kilometres outside Bloemfontein on the Brandfordt road.
Upon their arrival they found the man fell out of a helicopter. He said details about the accident are sketchy.
The patient suffered fractures to his hand and leg.
He was stabilized and transported to Life Rosepark Hospital in Bloemfontein.
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