Horrific drama: 19-year-old gets both feet caught in corn chopper

– Tragic accident in Hülseberg, north of Bremen: A young man gets his legs caught in a chopper in a corn field. The 19-year-old is seriously injured and is taken to a specialist clinic.

For the second time in a very short period of time, a serious accident has occurred during the corn harvest. After a 62-year-old woman, a 19-year-old woman recently got both legs caught in a corn chopper near Bremen and was seriously injured.

The young man is out of danger and was taken to a specialist clinic in Hamburg by helicopter on Saturday afternoon, a police spokesman said.

Before the start of the harvest festival in Hülseberg and during the preparations for the harvest parade, the young man went to the corn field and got caught under the cutting mechanism of the chopper during the ongoing harvest. The corn was standing tall and the driver of the chopper was probably unable to see the 19-year-old. Several media outlets had previously reported this.

Many assumptions

There are “many speculations” as to why the 19-year-old entered the cornfield, said the police spokesman. However, he did not provide any further details. According to the fire department, the driver of the chopper as well as eyewitnesses and relatives had to be cared for by emergency services, and an emergency chaplain was also on duty.

According to information from “Focus”, the victim was trapped in the machine up to his hips and suffered serious injuries to his legs. He could only be freed from the agricultural machine after almost an hour of complicated manipulation. According to the police spokesman, the possible consequences of the serious injury were initially unclear.

Similar accident in Saarland

Just ten days ago, a 62-year-old man was hit by a corn harvester in a field in Saarland and critically injured. According to police, she was walking her dog when it broke free and ran into the corn field. The woman followed it and got caught in the harvester. They were taken to a hospital by rescue helicopter, but the dog also suffered serious injuries and had to be put down.