Putaruru man injured retrieving rugby ball from tree

  • 10/08/2016
Putaruru man injured retrieving rugby ball from tree

There's been a lucky escape in Putaruru, Waikato on Wednesday night for a man who fell a great height from a tree after climbing up to recover a rugby ball.

Waikato's Westpac Rescue Helicopter took the 21-year-old to hospital with a broken jaw and a cut to his head.

He fell nine metres to the ground, hitting several branches on the way down.

Newshub.