Overview
- The accident occurred Monday around 1:55 p.m. local time on a company site in Donauwörth’s industrial area.
- Police said the 59-year-old had excavated a base and briefly left his cab to inspect the work when the support wall tipped.
- The man’s legs were trapped above the knees beneath a roughly 500-kilogram concrete block.
- Fire brigades from Auchsesheim and Donauwörth, about 30 personnel in total, freed him using a pneumatic lifting cushion.
- He was flown by rescue helicopter to the University Hospital in Augsburg, and police reported no life-threatening injuries.