NSW: Police probe excavator death

AAP General News (Australia)
08-04-2007
NSW: Police probe excavator death

SYDNEY, Aug 4 AAP - A man has died after he was trapped in the cabin of an excavator
which toppled into deep creek water on the NSW south coast.

The 46-year-old Crookwell man was working in a creek bed at Kangaroo Valley at about
midday (AEST) yesterday when part of the gravel creek bed gave way, police said.

The excavator tipped onto its side, plunging the cabin into deep water.

Attempts by the man's workmates and NSW Ambulance personnel to free him were unsuccessful.

Another excavator was used to lift the crippled machinery to the surface.

Police from Shoalhaven Local Area Command, Forensic Services Group and the Rescue Squad
attended the scene.

Police will prepare a report about the man's death for the coroner.

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KEYWORD: EXCAVATOR

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