A city worker in Arizona is in intensive care after a 16ft-tall saguaro cactus fell on him and pinned him to the ground.

Officials in Yuma say William Mason, 40, was responding to an emergency water leak Tuesday in a Yuma subdivision when the saguaro, the largest cactus in the country, fell on him. 

Other members in his work crew were able to free him and call 911.


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