A 160kg man who fell down a  stormwater drain has been rescued by 15 firefighters after an hour of trying to lift him out of the hole. Rescue teams were called to Meadowbank in Sydney's west about 11pm on Wednesday with reports a man was trapped in a drain. Firefighters, paramedics and police extracted the man from the hole using ropes and ladders due to injuries he sustained to his shoulder and leg. 'In order to get him out they had to set up a ladder and put him on a stokes stretcher and slide him up,' NSW Fire & Rescue Superintendent Tom Cooper said on Thursday. The moment a 160kg man who fell down a stormwater drain was rescued by 15 firefighters . Due to the size of the man it took 15 firefighters, ambulance and the police to get him out of the drain. It's unknown how the man fell down the two-metre drain, Supt Cooper said. The man was taken to hospital.
Man was trapped in stormwater drain in Meadowbank in Sydney's west . It took an hour to rescue him using ropes and ladders . It's unknown how the man ended up stuck in the two-metre deep drain .