Man rescued from tractor in Gladysdale

A man has been airlifted to hospital after becoming trapped by a tractor in Gladysdale. Picture: ON FILE

SES, CFA and Ambulance Victoria crews have worked together to rescue a man who had become trapped by a tractor in Gladysdale before being airlifted to hospital.

Four CFA units from Little Yarra and Yarra Junction CFA, one rescue vehicle from the Upper Yarra SES Unit and paramedics responded to an industrial accident on Hazeldene Road in Gladysdale at around 9.34am on May 23.

“On scene, a person was trapped and then extracted,” a CFA spokesperson said.

“One man in his 40s was transported via air ambulance to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with upper body injuries, in a stable condition,” an Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said.

The incident was deemed safe at 9.53am.