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Man trapped in overturned excavator

Posted November 15, 2007 13:20:00

Rescue authorities are working to free a man who is trapped in an overturned excavator in far north Queensland.

An ambulance spokesman says the 22-year-old man is trapped inside the machine's cabin at a development site at False Cape near Yarrabah, south of Cairns.

His injuries are unknown.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, cairns-4870, yarrabah-4871

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