Man uses knife to cut toes off when trapped

**flyingcrocodile46** · 2nd September 2011, 18:36

An American truck driver who's truck wheel rolled onto and trapped his toes, decided to cut his toes off so he could free himself.

I wonder if he thought to try cutting the tyre first? Looked like a dual wheel rig

**blackdog** · 2nd September 2011, 18:39

link please

**James Deuce** · 2nd September 2011, 18:41

Looking forward to the movie next summer. I believe it is tentatively being called "127 minutes".

**Kickaha** · 2nd September 2011, 18:44

Originally Posted by flyingcrocodile46

I wonder if he thought to try cutting the tyre first? Looked like a dual wheel rig

Even if he punctured the tyre it's doubtful he'd get his foot out, he certainly wouldn't be able to cut his way through the tyre

**Blackshear** · 2nd September 2011, 19:00

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Even if he punctured the tyre it's doubtful he'd get his foot out, he certainly wouldn't be able to cut his way through the tyre

Worth a try, innit

**Road kill** · 2nd September 2011, 19:11

It was on a gravel road,,,I sure would of tried to both deflate the tyre and dig around the gravel to loosen up around my toes/foot before cutting my own toes off.
But big up's to the guy anyway,,that must of really frigin' hurt.

**FJRider** · 2nd September 2011, 19:19

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Even if he punctured the tyre it's doubtful he'd get his foot out, he certainly wouldn't be able to cut his way through the tyre

Letting the AIR out of the tyre may have helped ...

**EJK** · 2nd September 2011, 19:22

If it was ankel I would understand but toes?

Need pics and more description.

**flyingcrocodile46** · 2nd September 2011, 19:45

Looks like he was on the back of the truck when the trailer moved and trapped his toes. Not trapped by the wheel makes more sense

A 61-year-old retired logger was forced to cut off his toes to free himself after his foot was pinned under his six-tonne trailer.
Alone in a remote forest and fearing death if he did not get free, John Hutt used a 3-inch pocket knife to cut off all his right toes. "It hurt so bad," Hutt said, "I would cut for a while and then I had to rest." Hutt then wrapped his foot in a shirt and drove for help. His ordeal was first reported in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Hutt, who runs a crane business and goes logging "for fun", had gone into the woods by himself on 19 August to retrieve a pile of fallen aspen trees to cut for winter firewood. A trailer attached to his truck slipped and landed on his foot.
He said he began to cut off his toes half an hour later when he realised no one could hear his cries for help. He couldn't reach his mobile phone, which was in his truck and out of range anyway.
Hutt had told his wife he would be back in several hours from a job 50 miles away, but he did not know when she might start searching for him.
"I cut off my boot to see my foot, and once I realised how bad it was, I started cutting off my toes," Hutt said.
Once freed, Hutt drove toward his home outside Montrose, about 175 miles south-west of Denver. He called for help once he had phone reception. An ambulance met him on the way.
His severed toes were retrieved and taken to the hospital, but were too mangled to be re-attached.
"They told me there was no hope for them. They said there was nothing to attach the toes to," he said.
Instead, doctors sewed his foot shut and wrapped it in bandages. Doctors warned him he may face more surgery.
Hutt said his wife met him at the hospital and asked him if he was OK. "There was no crying or whining," he said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/america...h-pocket-knife

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/artic...toes_to_escape

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ed-forest.html

**jonbuoy** · 2nd September 2011, 22:19

Originally Posted by flyingcrocodile46

Looks like he was on the back of the truck when the trailer moved and trapped his toes. Not trapped by the wheel makes more sense

A 61-year-old retired logger was forced to cut off his toes to free himself after his foot was pinned under his six-tonne trailer.
Alone in a remote forest and fearing death if he did not get free, John Hutt used a 3-inch pocket knife to cut off all his right toes. "It hurt so bad," Hutt said, "I would cut for a while and then I had to rest." Hutt then wrapped his foot in a shirt and drove for help. His ordeal was first reported in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
Hutt, who runs a crane business and goes logging "for fun", had gone into the woods by himself on 19 August to retrieve a pile of fallen aspen trees to cut for winter firewood. A trailer attached to his truck slipped and landed on his foot.
He said he began to cut off his toes half an hour later when he realised no one could hear his cries for help. He couldn't reach his mobile phone, which was in his truck and out of range anyway.
Hutt had told his wife he would be back in several hours from a job 50 miles away, but he did not know when she might start searching for him.
"I cut off my boot to see my foot, and once I realised how bad it was, I started cutting off my toes," Hutt said.
Once freed, Hutt drove toward his home outside Montrose, about 175 miles south-west of Denver. He called for help once he had phone reception. An ambulance met him on the way.
His severed toes were retrieved and taken to the hospital, but were too mangled to be re-attached.
"They told me there was no hope for them. They said there was nothing to attach the toes to," he said.
Instead, doctors sewed his foot shut and wrapped it in bandages. Doctors warned him he may face more surgery.
Hutt said his wife met him at the hospital and asked him if he was OK. "There was no crying or whining," he said.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/america...h-pocket-knife

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/artic...toes_to_escape

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ed-forest.html

I might have waited longer than 30 minutes