Air ambulance and firefighters come to aid of tree cutter stuck under tree near Oswestry
Emergency services including an air ambulance were called to an estate on the Shropshire/Wales border to free a man whose foot was trapped under a tree.
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The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the incident at Llanforda Estate near Oswestry at 9.35am today alongside ambulance crews.
One fire crew was sent from Oswestry Fire Station to the scene alongside an ambulance and the Midland Air Ambulance from Cosford.
Upon arrival, emergency services discovered one patient, a man, who had been tree cutting and had his foot trapped under a tree stump "following logging operations".
The firefighters used spreaders and low pressure airbags to release him before he was left in the care of ambulance staff.
The man was assessed for minor injuries and given self-care advice before being discharged at the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance statement said: "We were called by the fire service to an incident in Candy, Oswestry at 9.38am. We sent an ambulance and the Midland Air Ambulance from Cosford to the scene.
"On arrival crews found one patient, a man, who they assessed for minor injuries. He was given self-care advice and discharged at the scene."
The incident concluded at 10.14am.
