Melbourne-A kangaroo saved a farmer's life by alerting his family that he was lying unconscious in a field, ambulance worker said recently. The kangaroo begun banging on the door of the family home in Morwell. eastern Victona during weekend Storms in the area, Rural Ambalance Victoria paramedic Eddie wright told a Melbourne radio station. Leonard Richards, 52, had been checking his property for storm damage when he was hit ao the head by a falling branch on Sunday moming, about 200 metres from the house. He was knocked unconscious and could have died had he not been found so quickly. Mr Wright said. "The kangaroo alerted them to where he was and went and sat down hext to him and that's how they found him," he said. The farmer's wife followed the kangaroo because he was acting out of character" The kangaroo was adopted by the family about 10 years ago. -AFP