Man dies after becoming trapped underwater in bobcat
A man has died after the bobcat he was driving became submerged in a dam on a private residence.
An ambulance was called to the scene in South Maclean, a suburb of Logan in Queensland, at 9.26am (local time) on Monday after the vehicle became submerged in dam water.
The driver was assessed and a Queensland Ambulance spokesperson said the injuries he suffered were “critical”.
A Queensland Police spokesperson said police were preparing a report for the coroner.
Neither Queensland Ambulance or Queensland Police could not give any additional information about the man.
But Nine News reports the man was 65 years old and was helping his neighbour when he became trapped underwater when the bobcat became submerged.
A spokesperson for Queensland Ambulance did confirmed a male bystander in his 50s, who reportedly tried to rescue the driver, was taken to Logan Hospital for minor injuries.
The deaths comes after a man was trapped inside a bobcat for three hours earlier this year after a tipper from a semi-trailer rolled onto the machinery and crushed it at a wrecking yard in Sydney’s west.
Workers at the site used a a forklift to take some weight off the bobcat before emergency services were able to free the man.
The driver was taken to Westmead Hospital where he was treated for neck, chest and abdominal injuries.
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