A New South Wales woman has been charged after she allegedly ran down a service station worker, trapping him under her ute.
The worker had to be freed by Fire and Rescue and has since been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition.
Emergency services responded to calls at a service station on Harbour Drive, Coffs Harbour, about 7pm on Tuesday evening.
A 36-year-old service station employee was critically injured after being run over by a ute on the service station forecourt.
Officers were told that the employee was checking fuel tank levels at the time of the incident.
Members of the public provided first aid to the victim before the arrival of NSW Ambulance.
Fire and Rescue NSW and NSW State Emergency Service successfully freed the man from underneath the ute and he was subsequently rushed to Coffs Harbour Hospital in a critical condition.
He was later airlifted to John Hunter Hospital.
The alleged driver, a 44-year-old woman out on bail, was taken to Coffs Harbour Police Station and hit with multiple charges over the incident.
She was charged with negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and breach of bail.
The woman was refused bail and will appear before court on Wednesday.
Extracted in full from: https://www.news24.com.au/news/local/coffs-harbour-service-station-worker-trapped-under-ute-on-forecourt-leaving-him-in-critical-condition-driver-on-bail-charged/news-story/349c95ff5c0c86e53664ccb48eeed257
