A tree surgeon who cut his own throat with a chain saw has recounted how he managed to abseil himself down to safety following the shocking accident.
Carl Moulton from Notting Hill, was working in a harness nearly half way up a 60ft tree in a Hammersmith primary school when he slipped on a wet branch causing the power tool to slice through his neck and arm.
The 41-year-old, who has four children, suffered a six inch gash on his arm and a three inch wound to his neck following the incident on 16 February.
He told the Evening Standard: “I just slipped. Judging from the cuts and how it landed, it hit my arm and then rammed into my neck.
“My first thought was, ‘I’m not going to see my kids grow older, I’m a dead man, I’m a dead man.’
“But then I got some composure and realised I could still breathe and I could still talk.”
Mr Moulton managed to abseil form the tree to his colleges who gave him first aid and called emergency services.
He was later taken to St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington where he received treatment for his injuries.
