J.D. PotiÉ
BRISTOL March. 16, 2019
On March 16, at around 4 p.m., the Shawville-Clarendon and Bristol Fire Departments responded to a call regarding a man stuck in an excavator in a Bristol farm field.
According to SCFD Chief Lee Laframboise, the victim was clearing farm land in an excavator when a stump on top of a pile of brush rolled off, crushed his cab and jammed his legs.
After the accident occured, the victim managed to text one of his friends who eventually contacted the SCFD.
The accident occurred over a kilometre from the road, and SCFD firefighters used the Jaws of Life to rescue the victim and eventually pulled him out of the excavator.
Meanwhile, the chief of the Bristol Fire Department called Incendie Mansfield asking them to bring their new off-road rescue equipment.
“We got a call to dispatch from Bristol [Fire Department] to bring up the Ski-Doo and the sleigh,” said Darcy Belair, the director of Incendie Mansfield.
Upon arriving on the scene, firefighters put the victim in the sleigh attached to the snow-mobile and dragged him to safety.
“They came with the snowmobile and another sleigh that they have for going in the bush,” said Laframboise. “They drove it in to the excavator and once we had him freed, the [paramedics] got him on a backboard and we put him into the sleigh and the ski-doo pulled him out to the road and we put him in the ambulance.”
Laframboise said the victim suffered lower body injuries.
