Colin Ovenden nominated for Brass Blokes resilience award, 45 years after being crushed by bulldozer

Lachlan Leeming
October 22 2017 - 7:00am
"I'm just an ordinary old bloke": Colin Ovenden was told by doctors that he'd never walk again after a serious workplace accident at 23. Picture: Lachlan Leeming
"I'm just an ordinary old bloke": Colin Ovenden was told by doctors that he'd never walk again after a serious workplace accident at 23. Picture: Lachlan Leeming

Colin Ovenden was 23-years-old, newly married and with two young daughters, when he nearly lost his life at work. 

Lachlan Leeming

Lachlan Leeming

Senior Journalist