A 60-year-old Waikato farmer spent five hours trapped under a tractor which rolled on to him, crushing his pelvis and leaving him critically injured. Emergency services including the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter raced to a Mangakino farm yesterday and emergency responders rescued him from under the tractor. The farmer sustained multiple critical injuries, including a crushed pelvis according to the Phillips Search and Rescue Trust. He was flown to Waikato Hospital, where he is receiving urgent medical care.
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