Rescue as man left hanging from tree by broken leg

The life-saving rescue of a man left hanging upside-down from a tree 20 feet above the ground by his severely broken leg has been captured by RTÉ’s flagship rescue series.

Corkman James Spillane was cutting branches up a tree when he was hit by a falling bough breaking his thigh bone and leaving him trapped in agony in the branches.

In Ireland’s Search and Rescue, Dr Jason Van Der Velde, from West Cork Rapid Response, said the casualty was in real danger while hanging from the tree by his injured leg in his garden in Ovens, Co Cork.