Helicopter rescue for tractor driver
Emergency services were called to the scene on farmland near Straiton in Ayrshire just before 9am on Thursday.
Fire crews released the man from beneath the vehicle.
A Royal Navy helicopter from HMS Gannet at Prestwick, Ayrshire, arrived at 9:23am. Two crew members were winched down to help and the aircraft then landed nearby.
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Hide AdPetty Officer Taff Ashman, HMS Gannet’s duty paramedic, said: “It looked like the tractor had slipped on mud and then capsized – it all looked quite nasty. It was vital to get him to specialist care as quickly as possible and the helicopter was by far the most rapid way to achieve that.”