Trapped in digger

Emergency services helped free a person trapped in a forestry digger in Kawakawa. The alarm was raised with St John shortly after 2pm on Tuesday and an ambulance dispatched to the scene on Paihia Rd. Due to the remote location police were also called in to support paramedics. Police confirmed a rescue chopper had also been sent to the remote site, which was in the middle of a forestry block. Kawakawa fire chief Wayne Martin said the brigade had been called out to help free the person and were still on-site. He did not know how the accident happened.