A man was fortunate to escape death after losing control of the 4WD vehicle he was driving on the Benambra-Corryong Road at Nariel on Wednesday afternoon, running off the road and rolling down an embankment.
A short time later, several local farmers arrived at the scene to find the man trapped in the overturned vehicle with its engine on fire and smoke billowing into the air.
Along with a passer-by, they dragged the  driver and sole occupant out of the vehicle while a Nariel CFA member got a ‘slip-on’ unit from the fire station, just 800 metres from the crash site. However, it was necessary to fetch the brigade truck to fully extinguish the fire.
Emergency services attended the crash and the man was brought into Corryong where he was transported by helicopter to the Albury hospital in a serious condition.