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Bridge to Bridge skier seriously injured

(Top) Rescue boat staff rushed to the aid of the injured skier in Grafton on Sunday. ((Inset) Emergency services attend to the injured 27 - year old. Pics: Lynne Mowbray
(Top) Rescue boat staff rushed to the aid of the injured skier in Grafton on Sunday. ((Inset) Emergency services attend to the injured 27 – year old.
Pics: Lynne Mowbray
  A water skier is in a critical condition after taking a tumble just before the finishing line at Grafton, in Sunday’s Bridge to Bridge water ski race. Onlookers dived into the water to help the 27 – year old Gold Coast man and assist him into the rescue boat. Spectators watching the ski race, from Memorial Park, stood silently as the paramedics attended to the injured man, before he was taken to Grafton Base Hospital.