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News by Evin Priest 4th May 2021 8:38 AM A highly distressed man has been airlifted to hospital by helicopter from a rural town outside of Sydney after accidentally amputating his own leg in a lawnmower accident. The 56-year-old was using an industrial lawnmower on a tractor at Wilberforce on Monday when he suffered a mishap that resulted in him cutting off his lower leg. Wilberforce is located 40km northwest of Sydney on the Hawkesbury River. NSW Ambulance called in CareFlight s Rapid Response Helicopter at 4:25pm and the crew had just four minutes to be in the air after receiving the call.
A man has lost his lower leg after a horrific accident involving an industrial lawnmower on a property outside of Sydney.
The 56-year-old was in a highly distressed state, after amputating his lower leg in an incident with an industrial size lawnmower being towed by a tractor in Wilberforce, in Sydney s far north-west, just before 4.30pm on Monday.
NSW Ambulance urgently called CareFlight s Rapid Response Helicopter, who arrived at the scene just after 4.45pm.
The scene in Wilberforce, in rural NSW, where a man severed his leg while using an industrial lawnmower (pictured above) on Monday afternoon
NSW Ambulance paramedics, a CareFlight specialist doctor and a NSW Ambulance critical care paramedic all combined to perform a clinical assessment on the injured man.
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