18yo teen hospitalised while freeing car in Lorne
The 18-year-old was trying to free his car from a culvert, when he suffered a leg injury that saw him taken by ambulance to hospital.
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A teen’s attempt to free his trapped car from a culvert landed him in hospital on Sunday.
Emergency services were called to Sharps Rd, Lorne just before 4pm.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said that the 18-year-old man suffered a leg injury while trying to free his vehicle from a culvert.
Air Ambulance was paged just before 5pm on Sunday, however the man was taken by road ambulance to Geelong hospital.
The spokesman said the teenager was in a stable condition.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman confirmed the incident was not a crash.
Instead the young man was pushing his car and injured himself.
The spokeswoman said the teenager sustained non-life threatening injuries.
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