The foreign tourist, aged in his 60s, was navigating rapids in Tasmania’s Franklin River with a group of friends on Friday when his leg became “wedged between rocks”, police said.

A Lithuanian tourist is fighting for life after having his leg amputated in a bid to save his life during a dramatic, 20-hour whitewater rescue in Tasmania ... wedged between rocks on the Franklin ...

The man, who is an international tourist in his 60s, got trapped between rocks in rapids on Friday afternoon after he fell while rafting along the Franklin River in a group in southwest Tasmania.

hours-long rescue operation to free him from between rocks on a river in Australia on Saturday, local police said. The man, a foreign tourist in his 60s, was airlifted to a hospital in Tasmania ...

A tourist in Tasmania has had his leg amputated in the middle of a raging river after getting trapped between rocks during a kayaking trip with friends. Medics said they made the "life or death ...