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| Tree surgeon recounts near-death experience after slashing own neck in chainsaw accident | Tree surgeon recounts near-death experience after slashing own neck in chainsaw accident |
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| A tree surgeon who cut his own throat with a chainsaw has recounted how he managed to abseil himself down to safety following the shocking accident. | |
| Carl Moulton from Notting Hill, was working in a harness nearly half way up a 60ft tree in a Hammersmith primary school when he slipped on a wet branch causing the power tool to slice through his neck and arm. | Carl Moulton from Notting Hill, was working in a harness nearly half way up a 60ft tree in a Hammersmith primary school when he slipped on a wet branch causing the power tool to slice through his neck and arm. |
| The 41-year-old, who has four children, suffered a six-inch gash on his arm and a three-inch wound to his neck following the incident on 16 February. | |
| He told the Evening Standard: “I just slipped. Judging from the cuts and how it landed, it hit my arm and then rammed into my neck. | He told the Evening Standard: “I just slipped. Judging from the cuts and how it landed, it hit my arm and then rammed into my neck. |
| “My first thought was, ‘I’m not going to see my kids grow older, I’m a dead man, I’m a dead man.’ | “My first thought was, ‘I’m not going to see my kids grow older, I’m a dead man, I’m a dead man.’ |
| “But then I got some composure and realised I could still breathe and I could still talk.” | “But then I got some composure and realised I could still breathe and I could still talk.” |
| Mr Moulton managed to abseil from the tree to his colleagues, who gave him first aid and called emergency services. | |
| He was later taken to St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington where he received treatment for his injuries. | He was later taken to St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington where he received treatment for his injuries. |