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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eliza Spencer

Why a NSW farmer trapped under a ute called a neighbour, not triple zero, to get to her closest hospital

Lindy Newsome
Instead of making an emergency call, Lindy Newsome called a neighbour who worked as a nurse. Photograph: Simon Scott Photo

When Lindy Newsome was pinned beneath her ute in the middle of lambing season, she didn’t call triple zero.

Newsome had been struggling to unlatch a set of double gates when the handbrake failed, pushing her under the car and on to the road just outside Deepwater in the New South Wales northern tablelands.

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