Helicopter Rescue Collinsvale

At 1:00am on Wednesday 20th April 2016, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was activated to search for two teenage youths who were reported missing in the Collinsvale area.

The youths were expected home at 5:30pm on 19th April but had not returned.

At approximately 6:30am the pair were located by the helicopter in Sorell Creek.

A paramedic was winched to the scene and was able to walk the youths out to safety to nearby farmland.

Both youths were cold and exhausted but otherwise uninjured.