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Man is injured in water tank fall Worker critical after tank fall
(30 minutes later)
A man has been taken to hospital after falling 10 metres into an empty water tank in Bangor, County Down. A construction worker is critically ill after falling 10 metres into an empty water tank in County Down.
The incident happened at about 0830 BST on Friday at a water pumping station at Ashley Drive. The accident happened on a site at Ashley Drive in Bangor at about 0830 BST on Friday.
Fire crews, a specialist rescue team and the ambulance service went to the scene. Fire crews, a specialist rope rescue team and the ambulance service went to the scene.
It took about 90 minutes to rescue the man. He has been taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. It took about 90 minutes to rescue the 47-year-old man, who was transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
JJ McAllister from the Fire and Rescue Service said the paramedics were working to stabilise the man at the bottom of the tank when fire crews arrived.
"It was difficult, in that it was a confined space and it was 10 metres below ground," he said.
"We have to take all casualties who have fallen this distance to be possible spinal injuries.
"Any sort of movement has to be very, very much controlled.
"He was conscious at the bottom of the well and obviously the fellow workers were somewhat traumatised and distressed by the nature of such an incident."
The incident happened on a site where a water pumping station is being built.
It is not known what led to the accident at this stage.