Man crushed after cow underpass collapses

A Waikato man was crushed in a cow underpass this morning after the bank he was working on gave way.

The man suffered a broken arm and dislocated shoulder when the bank on Ngahinapouri Road, 16km southwest of Hamilton, collapsed about 7.40am, Senior Sergeant Kevin Anderson said.

The man, working for a local contracting company, was fitting the underpass at the time.

"He was trapped from about the chest down and his co-workers dug him out by hand," Mr Anderson said.

He was taken to Waikato Hospital for treatment, he said.

The Department of Labour was investigating.

- NZPA