Man escapes legs crushed tractor embankment Sunshine Coast

  • He was cutting grass when the four-tonne machine plunged down a steep slope
  • Emergency services called the man’s family fearing the worst after the incident 
  • It happened on Thursday evening just outside Sunshine Coast in Queensland
  • But after a rescue operation the man’s injuries were not as bad as first thought

A man had a lucky escape after a tractor fell 30 metres down an embankment crushing him under the machine.

Emergency crews rushed to the scene after the incident in Sunshine Coast left him trapped under the mangled wreckage on Thursday evening.

The man, aged in his 30s, is thought to have been slashing grass on a hill when the four-tonne vehicle plunged down the steep slope and flipping over.

The mangled wreckage of the four-tonne tractor after it plunged 30 metres down a steep slope

Police and paramedics were called to the incident in Queensland at around 7.30pm. 

On arrival they feared he would not survive because the vehicle had crushed his legs.

His next of kin were called and brought to the scene to see him before the rescue operation was launched.

But once he was freed, crews found his injuries were not as bad as they first feared.

The incident happened when the man was cutting grass in Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The incident happened when the man was cutting grass in Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Emergency services launched a rescue attempt fearing the man's legs were crushed

Emergency services launched a rescue attempt fearing the man’s legs were crushed

‘It’ll need to be investigated but at this point in time it would appear that he was attempting to slash on the ridgeline there at night time and succumbed to the incline there,’ a Queensland Police spokesperson told Channel 9.

‘(Taking into account) the terrain that he’s in, and the size of the vehicle and how far he’s gone down the embankment, he’s’ very, very lucky.’

The man was taken to hospital in Nambour where he is recovering with non-life threatening injuries.

A spokesman for Queensland Police said the cause of the incident would be investigated

A spokesman for Queensland Police said the cause of the incident would be investigated

The victim's family were brought to the scene after crews feared the man would not survive

The victim’s family were brought to the scene after crews feared the man would not survive

 



Read more at DailyMail.co.uk