Arthur Gorrie
A 95-year-old Queensland farmer has died in hospital after being trapped in mud for two days after falling when his tractor became bogged, AAP reports.
Tom Killen had been working near a dam at his property at Carters Ridge, south of Gympie.
Paramedics were called on Tuesday last week after concerned neighbours found the farmer stuck in the mud alongside the tractor.
The 95-year-old farmer survived in the mid for two days after falling from his bogged tractor.
“The tractor was bogged quite severely next to a dam,“ ambulance operations Supervisor Shaun Bright said.
“It appears that the gentleman has tried to step off the tractor and has had some sort of medical episode which has left him out in the weather for several days.“
Queensland Ambulance Service operations supervisor Shaun Bright said that when the man was rescued, he was caked in mud and partially submerged in the dam, in an an incoherent state.
Mr Killen was treated for hypothermia and dehydration and taken in a serious condition to Sunshine Coast University Hospital where he died over the weekend.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
