Man injured after becoming impaled on bailing spike in north Shropshire
A man has been injured after becoming impaled on a bailing spike at a farm in north Shropshire.
He was flown to a major trauma centre following the incident at Coton near Whitchurch just before 10.30am this morning.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The tractor spike went into his right knee.
“The man who is in his eighties was conscious and stable throughout the rescue. The fire service cut the spike free from the tractor, but it remained in his leg.
"Ambulance crews managed the wound with the spike in situ and gave him fluids, analgesia and oxygen. Preparations were in place in case of a haemorrhage and he was flown to Royal Stoke University Hospital.”
Four fire appliances including an operations officer were mobilised from Prees, Wellington and Wem.
A paramedic area support officer in a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance crew and the Midlands Air Ambulance from Cosford attended.
crews have rescued a man that was impaled through his leg by farm machinery. Crews used a stihl saw to free the man pic.twitter.com/HjjG4lEy51 https://twitter.com/SFRSWellington/status/631799287198953472
