A FERNTREE Gully man was flown to hospital over the weekend after being caught under an out-of-control car on a rural property in Cockatoo.
The 30-year-old man was helping a friend at the Cockatoo property to tow a bogged car on a steep hill at 4.45pm on Sunday 1 May when the towing rope snapped.
Emerald Police Senior Constable Craig Harvey said the car slid about 100 metres down the side of the hill and the man tried to climb out of the car.
“He got caught in the car door, went under the car, got dragged down the bottom and came to rest in thick bushland at the bottom of the hill,” he said.
Emerald police, SES and paramedics were joined by CFA crews from Cockatoo, Pakenham and Monbulk, as well as Dandenong’s high angle rescue team, to save the man.
“He had to be carried out by hand,” Sen Const Harvey said.
Emerald SES Controller Ben Owen said the man was carried by emergency services crews to a waiting helicopter where he was flown to The Alfred hospital.
Sen Const Harvey said the man had non-life threatening injuries but was suspected to have a punctured lung.
