Firefighters rescue person suspended 40m on failed cherry picker

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 17:32 · Archive

A person suspended 40 metres in the air after a cherry picker mechanism failed in North Yorkshire was rescued by firefighters.

A person was left suspended 40 metres in the air when a cherry picker mechanism failed in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire on Saturday morning. The incident occurred at Hurricane Way South at 11.41am on 17 October.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene with an Acomb crew. The person was trapped on the cherry picker at height after its mechanism failed.

Fire crews used other machinery equipment on site to attach a harness to the person, enabling their safe rescue from the suspended position.

How it is being reported

• Firefighters called to person suspended 40m in the air in North YorkshireFirefighters have been called after a person who was left suspended 40 metres in the air when machinery failed in Sherburn-in-Elmet.The Press (York) · 17 Oct, 17:08
• Firefighters called to person suspended 40m in the air in North YorkshireFirefighters have been called after a person who was left suspended 40 metres in the air when machinery failed in Sherburn-in-Elmet.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 17 Oct, 17:08

In this story: North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service · Sherburn-in-Elmet · Hurricane Way South

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