A 65-year-old Lithuanian man remains in a critical condition after being trapped and partially submerged in the Franklin ...

SYDNEY: Rescue teams amputated a kayaker's leg at the weekend after it was trapped in a rocky crevice on a dangerous stretch ...

A man was caught in the rocks while kayaking on the Franklin River and lost his leg. Photo / Getty Images Rescue teams ...

A kayaker in his 60s had his leg amputated during a 20-hour rescue operation after becoming trapped between rocks on the ...

A tourist has had his leg amputated after he became trapped between rocks for more than 20 hours while kayaking in Australia.

Rescuers had to amputate leg of a tourist in Tasmania in the middle of a river after he got stuck between rocks while on a ...

A man has been left fighting for his life and was forced to have his leg amputated after he was stranded for more than 20 ...

A man in his 60s was rescued from a river after a complex 20-hour operation that required the amputation of his leg to save ...

A male kayaker who had his left leg amputated above the knee during a dramatic rescue on the remote Franklin River on ...

Medics made the "life or death" decision with the tourist after multiple attempts to free him from rapids failed.

Officials said the man, a tourist in his 60s, was kayaking with friends in the Franklin River when he slipped and became ...

Officials said the man, a tourist in his 60s, was kayaking with friends in the Franklin River when he slipped and became ...