By Tanya Steele
A complex multi personnel rescue has seen a man airlifted to hospital from Gembrook after being trapped for over two hours.
The afternoon of Tuesday 14 May saw a massive multi-personnel response to a man trapped by farming machinery in Gembrook.
With eleven vehicles on the scene, the huge emergency response has further sparked a WorkSafe investigation.
Victoria Police confirmed that emergency services were called to reports that a man was injured on Orchard Road in Gembrook at about 1.45pm.
Gembrook and Nar Nar Goon CFA alongside FRV responded to the accident alongside police, SES and paramedic services.
SES Unit Controller Ben Owen said that SES was informed the Gembrook incident was out in the a middle of a paddock.
“It was where harvesting machinery was, the person trapped had some colleagues trying to get him out,” he said
“It soon became apparent that it was going to become a complex rescue, and we many other agencies on scene – we had police, ambulance, Fire Rescue Victoria and CFA all working together to free the person.”
Mr Owen said it took some time to free the man.
“It was roughly two hours later that he was airlifted to The Alfred,” he said.
Ambulance Victoria said Advanced Life Support and Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance paramedics, as well as an air ambulance attended the scene to treat and ferry the man to hospital.
“A man in his 60s was transported via air ambulance to the Alfred Hospital with a lower-body injury, in a serious condition,” they said.
The Alfred Hospital confirmed on Friday 17 May that the man is now in a stable condition.
Police said that WorkSafe will investigate the incident and there are ‘no further details at this stage’.
