13.10.2014

Overturning telehandler traps man

A man’s leg was trapped under an overturned telehandler on Saturday, near Wellington, Somerset in the UK.

The man, 65, was trapped with his ankle and foot under the cab of the machine. The emergency services used cutting equipment and jacks to free him. He was then airlifted to hospital. So far we have photographs of the incident and no details of what caused the telehandler to overturn.