The accident happened around 11:40 a.m. on Sunday June 12, a 65 year old man found himself stuck under a tractor at a place called Marsalou in Eyvirat, near departmental 69. The victim is seriously injured. She suffers according to the gendarmes from trauma to the chest and arm but her vital prognosis is not engaged.
The firefighter backed up when he saw the overturned tractor
This 65-year-old man was helping his son, a farmer, to “make hay” explains the mayor when the accident happened at the end of the morning. According to the gendarmes, he apparently lost control of the overturned tractor on the left flank. The retired farmer was rescued by a weekend firefighter who was driving by.”he reversed when he saw the tractor lying in this municipal road” specifies the mayor of Eyvirat, Guy-José Lagarde “he is someone who did not hesitate and who did his duty, we can thank him”.
Almost an hour to clear it
The firefighter assisted the farmer before calling for help. The firefighters from the Brantôme barracks and the SMUR intervened to free the victim. The intervention was complicated, it lasted nearly an hour, the mayor said, because the tractor was equipped with a cabin. The man was then transported to Périgueux hospital.