Truck assistant left in critical condition after becoming pinned between truck and trailer

10 February 2025 | From Arrive Alive


Midlands EMS Rescue Medics, along with K9 Hunter and Midlands EMS Advanced Life Support paramedics and crews, were dispatched to the Nottingham Road area after receiving reports of a truck assistant who had become pinned between a truck and its trailer.

On arrival, crews found the patient in a critical condition, requiring urgent advanced life support care and specialized rescue equipment.

Due to the rough terrain and poor road conditions, medics had to improvise and work with 4x4 vehicles to access and safely extract the patient.

Once freed, the patient was transported to a Level 1 trauma hospital for further care.
 

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