A MAN who was seriously injured in a freak crushing incident remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital
The 31-year-old from Bridgend, Wales became trapped in between a lorry and a retracting bar in Faraday Road, Prince Rock, near an electrical substation at around 10.15am on January 7.
Police confirmed the four-axle extending frame flat-bed HGV was stationary at the time of the incident.
The 31-year-old, who worked for lorry firm Bryan Alexander Ltd in Bridgend, had been in the road carrying out work at the rear of the vehicle while a colleague was retracting an extending bar at the rear of the lorry.
The man is understood to have moved to one side as another vehicle passed by, placing himself inside the area where the mechanism was being retracted and unseen by his colleague.
Police say the man's chest and stomach became trapped in between the bar and the lorry's main body, leaving him with what police described as life threatening injuries.
Paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to Derriford Hospital. It is understood he has undergone at least two surgical operations and he is still in a critical but stable condition.
A joint investigation by Plymouth detectives and members of the Health and Safety Executive is now under way.
Members of the injured man's family were driven to his bedside from South Wales by police.
Investigators say they are keen to hear from any witnesses who may have been in the area at the time. To assist with the ongoing inquiry call police on 101 quoting police log number 197 of 7/1/2016.
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