A seven-year-old boy who was airlifted to hospital by
the Dorset Police helicopter following a car crash has visited
Force Headquarters to say thank you to the staff and officers who
attended the scene and airlifted him to hospital.
Robbie Gibson, from Poole, was a passenger in a car when it was
in collision with another vehicle on the A31 near Stag Gate on
Easter Sunday, 8 April 2012.
Through the collision, Robbie suffered serious
internal injuries and he was airlifted to Dorset County Hospital
from the scene by the Dorset Police helicopter.
He spent two days in intensive care and
approximately three weeks in hospital after the collision.
On Saturday, 9 June 2012, Robbie came to Force
Headquarters at Winfrith to say thank you to the officers that
attended the scene and airlifted him to hospital.
Robbie was given a tour of the Air Support
Unit and was shown inside the Force helicopter, which is known as
Oscar 99.
Sergeant Ian Wood, from the Air Support Unit,
said: “We are all delighted to see that Robbie has made a good
recovery.
“He was injured in a very serious road traffic
collision and he was obviously in a bad way when he was airlifted
to Dorset County Hospital.
“But to see him looking so well now is
fantastic and I’m pleased we were able to help him.”
Four other members of Robbie’s family were
also in the car at the time of the crash.
Three of them received slight injuries. His
grandmother suffered internal injuries and fractured vertebrae. She
is still recovering from her injuries, but is expected to make a
full recovery.