The man who fell into a five-foot hole and was buried alive in the sand on Bribie Island has been identified as Josh Taylor.
Queensland paramedics and the crew of a RACQ Lifeflight rescue helicopter were called to help the 25-year-old man after he fell into a hole and was buried in the sand on Bribie Island, north of Brisbane, shortly before 2 p.m.
Nathan, a witness to the incident who helped remove Taylor, told 7 News that the hole had been dug to cook a pig.
“He got up from the chair, the sand had given way under him a little bit,” he said.
“He stumbled back. He obviously extended his arms to break his fall, continued falling and hit the sand as he extended his arms.
Josh Taylor fell into the hole and was buried in the sand. family brochure
“He was so deep in the hole that you couldn’t see his feet unless you were standing on top of the hole.”
A pack of people came to Taylor’s aid and pulled him out before tying a rope to his feet to pull him out of the hole.
“There were 15 grown men at the end of this rope and he still wasn’t moving,” Nathan said.
“That’s when the paramedic said, pull him this way…the suction gave and he came out.
“I’m praying he gets through this.”
Officials trying to dig up Taylor. News7
Taylor’s family is by her side at Princess Alexandra Hospital, where she remains in a critical but stable condition, The Courier Mail reported.
Nathan was leaving the beach with his family when a group of men ran screaming for help to rescue their friend from under the sand, he told NCA NewsWire.
When he arrived at the scene, the 25-year-old’s family and friends were desperately digging to get him out.
“I realized someone was headfirst in a hole and I was just digging, digging, digging…” he said.
Taylor seen with his family. He is currently being treated in hospital. family brochure
“When I first walked into the hole, I couldn’t even see his foot. That’s how deep it was,” she said.
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“His whole family was yelling at us, telling us to help, to get a rope so they could get him out. It was pretty scary,” he said.
After some time of pulling and digging, the young man finally broke the surface of the sand, but the force of being pulled out caused further injuries, Nathan said.
“It was pretty gnarly when it came out. “I threw up,” Nathan said.
“He broke. The suction, the force of everyone pulling.”
When he was pulled out, the man had no pulse and rangers began performing CPR on him.
Area rangers also applied a defibrillator before paramedics arrived.
A helicopter pilot landed on the beach to take RACQ LifeFlight Rescue’s critical care doctor and flight paramedic as close to the scene as possible.
Officials investigate on the beach. RACQ Life Flight
The rescue team then took the man to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition for further treatment.
It is understood it was 45 minutes before the man regained his pulse.
QAS paramedic Peter Batt praised the actions of those who helped.
“The fact that they got this young man’s pulse back after a prolonged period of CPR is evidence that good CPR was being performed, it’s a credit to those people who came in and helped with his first aid,” he said. .
QAS paramedic Peter Batt praised the actions of those who helped. News7
Doctors on the Princess Alexandra are now working to save the man’s life.
Paramedics told Nine News the tragedy occurred at a beach gathering with friends.
The friends dug a hole in the sand and the young man fell headlong into the hole before the sand collapsed around him, burying him alive, Nine reported.
Bribie Island, part of the Moreton Bay region of Queensland, is a popular holiday destination.
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