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File photo of hay bales. Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
Clare
Man seriously injured after being 'crushed' by hay bale
The incident happened at 7pm this evening.
A MAN HAS been airlifted to hospital after he was seriously injured in a farm accident in Clare this evening.
The incident happened at around 7pm at a farm in Fanore in the north of the county. It’s understood that a hay bale rolled over the man.
The Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard was requested to respond to the scene and assist the National Ambulance Service.
The Shannon-based search and rescue helicopter, Rescue 115, which had been returning from a training exercise in Galway Bay, was also tasked and requested to land on the beach in Fanore where Coast Guard members had secured and marked a landing zone.
Ambulance paramedics and Coast Guard volunteers stretchered the casualty to the helicopter before he was airlifted to Shannon Airport. From there he was transported by road to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
The man is understood to have sustained crush injuries in the accident.
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