Quick-thinking tradies save their colleague's life after the storm-damaged tree he was pruning fell and crushed him
- Man in his 30s was hit by a falling tree in Robertson, southwest of Wollongong
- He was clearing the tree away from power lines after it was damaged in storm
- Gave him CPR and used defibrillator to start his heart before paramedics arrived
- Airlifted to hospital in critical condition with major head and chest trauma
Quick-thinking colleagues saved a man's life after he was crushed by a falling tree in he was trying to clear from power lines.
The man in his late 30s was chopping a tree in a cherry picker in Robertson, southwest of Wollongong, after Sunday's huge storm.
Suddenly the tree fell and 'effectively crushed him', giving him major head and chest trauma and sending him into cardiac arrest.
Quick-thinking colleagues saved a man's life after he was crushed by a falling tree in he was trying to clear from power lines
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Colleagues lowered him to the ground and began CPR, then used a defibrillator to restart his heart before paramedics arrived.
The man was rushed from Roberson Nature Reserve to Liverpool Hospital by helicopter about 2pm on Monday in critical condition.
Locals said the man was breathing when he was loaded on to the chopper thanks to 'miraculous' work by his colleagues and paramedics.
The man in his late 30s was chopping a tree in a cherry picker in Robertson, southwest of Wollongong, after Sunday's huge storm, and airlifted to hospital
NSW Ambulance Inspector Gavin Wood said the storm made trees hazardous and pleaded with people to be careful.
'Trees and shrubbery around the place is being coming quite dangerous and unstable the drought has dried a lot of the forest and woodlands out,' he said.
'We ask that people be mindful and vigilant.'
