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Man trapped after smash
![[BREAKING NEWS]: A MAN trapped in a concrete truck after it rolled more than 30 metres down an embankment has finally been freed.](http://media.apnonline.com.au/img/news/2009/07/15/cement_truck_t325.jpg "[BREAKING NEWS]: A MAN trapped in a concrete truck after it rolled more than 30 metres down an embankment has finally been freed.")
Police, ambulance, firefighters, a Hazmat vehicle and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter were on scene at a banana plantation near the intersection of Rickards Rd and Johnsons Rd at Sandy Beach.
It is believed the man is in his 40's and is a Woolgoolga local.
Access was difficult and paramedics had to be winched in. Surgeons from Coffs Harbour were also on scene to assist paramedics.
A trauma team was on standby at the Coffs Harbour Base Hospital to recieve the man.
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