Man trapped 6m up rambutan tree by branch he had cut

Firefighters rescued the man, aged 26, who suffered a spinal injury when the branch fell on him.

Firefighters used a fire engine turntable ladder to bring down a man trapped in a rambutan tree. (JBPM pic)

TASEK GELUGOR:

 Firefighters have saved a man who was trapped 6m up a rambutan tree when he was pinned down by a fallen branch, preventing him from climbing down.

Penang fire and rescue assistant director John Sagun Francis said the 26-year-old man climbed the rambutan tree to cut a branch, which then fell on him, causing back pain and preventing him from descending.

Firefighters used a ladder to bring the man down safely. He was conscious but sustained a spinal injury. - FMT