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.
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The man's smart watch alerted emergency services, sparking a "complex and protracted" rescue mission that failed to free the limb after 20 hours. (AFP/Tasmania Police)
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SYDNEY - Rescue teams amputated a kayaker's leg at the weekend after it was trapped in a rocky crevice on a dangerous stretch of Australian river, police said.