Just after 4pm Monday emergency services, including the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, were called to a property at Singleton to reports the vehicle had crushed the man while he was loading it onto a trailer.

Paramedics attended the scene and commenced treatment. The man suffered serious head and chest injuries in the incident.

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He was transported by ambulance to the Singleton Hospital helipad where the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Critical Care Medical Team collected him.

He was placed into a induced coma and put on life support before being flown to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.

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