The Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) played a crucial role in saving the life of Fraser Bennett,
a then 22-year-old machine worker from Bridlington, after he was suddenly gripped to a machine by a powerful electric current during routine maintenance checks at his workplace in Sherburn.
The shockwave sent him into immediate cardiac arrest. His colleague, realising the severity of the situation, promptly aided in freeing him from the machine, resulting in a six-foot fall from the ladder on which he stood, before initiating life-saving CPR and called 999 for help.
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