Father found with minor injuries after setting off locator beacon at Fiordland National Park

Lake Poteriteri, Fiordland National Park.
Lake Poteriteri, Fiordland National Park. Photo credit: Google Maps

A Southern Lakes helicopter has been dispatched to Lake Poteriteri in Fiordland National Park after a locator beacon was activicated. 

A Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokesperson says a father and son set off the beacon just after 5pm on Tuesday.

The father is said to have sustained minor injuries from a fall and is being flown to Southland Hospital in Invercargill for treatment.

Newshub.