![]() ![]() 'The doctors tied off my main veins down below and took scans of my body to see what state it was in there and they realized my pelvis had completely crumbled. ![]() Loren said: 'They thought my lower extremities were still salvageable. His lower body had been crushed in the accident and Loren made the brave decision to have hemicorperectomy surgery where everything below his waist was amputated. He suffered a pulmonary embolism - a blockage in his lung artery - and needed a breathing tube. 'If the dirt hadn't been messed with earlier, it would have been hard so Loren would have been cut in half and would have bled out before the air ambulance even got there. Sabia added: 'We later found out that because the ground was so soft as Loren's team had just been moving it, that's how he ended up surviving. It had just blown apart instantly from the impact.' 'I remember looking to my right with the forklift on top of my body and there was big old piece of muscle from my arm just lying on the ground next to me. My eyes were wide open and I saw the forklift come down and land on my hips and my right forearm. 'I tried staying on top of the forklift as much as I could as it rolled and then I was thrown from the forklift at the end of the hill once it finally landed. 'The seatbelt ended up wrapping around my leg as I jumped out so I actually swung out instead and broke one of my ribs off the floorboard of the forklift. 'I now know that was the wrong idea but it was just fight or flight. Loren said: 'As the edge of the bridge collapsed and the forklift started to tip up, I unbuckled my seatbelt and went to jump out. The forklift rolled three times down the hill before Loren hit the ground at the bottom of the hill and the forklift landed on top of him, crushing his body. He attempted to jump from the falling forklift but his leg got trapped by the seatbelt, swinging him from the machinery as it plummeted 50ft down a steep hill. The single lane was dramatically narrowed and as one car passed him, Loren veered too close to the bridge edge and the ground crumbled beneath him. He was driving a forklift over a highway bridge outside of Wilsal, Montana, when cars started illegally passing him in through the traffic lights. Schauers is pictured attending physiotherapy after the operation in Montana ![]()
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