NSW:Roadside operation after triple collision

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2011
NSW:Roadside operation after triple collision

A doctor and paramedics have performed emergency surgery on a man on the side of the
road following a three vehicle collision on Sydney's western outskirts.

Emergency service crews were called to Wallacia at midday today after a small truck,
a car and another truck with a trailer collided.

The driver of the small truck was trapped as a result and the cabin of the truck was
cut away to free the man, aged in his 70's.

A Careflight doctor and paramedics then placed the critically-injured man in an induced
coma on the side of the road, before performing emergency surgery.

A Careflight spokesman says the man was then given a blood transfusion at the scene
before being taken by ambulance to Liverpool Hospital, where he remains in a critical
condition.

Several other patients were taken to hospital with lesser injuries.

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KEYWORD: TRUCK (SYDNEY)

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