Tractor Accident - Moree
Published: 30 Aug 2020 10:02am
Just after 10am Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Moree Fire Station responded to reports of a person pinned by a tractor.
Due to the nature of the incident, NSW Police, NSW Ambulance and the RFS also responded.
On arrival crews found a male in his 50s with his leg impaled by a steel part of the tractor attachment and began working on a rescue plan.
Whilst NSW Ambulance worked to stabilise the patient, fire fighters using specialised rescue equipment began carefully cutting the steel that was pinning the patients leg.
In a combined effort from emergency crews the patient has now been safely released and transported to hospital with leg injuries.
Updated: 30 Jan 2023 09:15pm
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