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Giant cactus crushes Arizona city water worker

An Arizona man is in intensive care after a 16ft (5m) saguaro cactus toppled and crushed him.

The Yuma city worker was responding to an emergency water leak when he was struck by the spiny plant falling from a nearby property.

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