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10-year-old boy killed in Northern Ireland farming accident Ten-year-old boy killed in Northern Ireland farming accident
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A ten-year-old boy has been killed on a North Antrim farm in a slurry accident.A ten-year-old boy has been killed on a North Antrim farm in a slurry accident.
A man, 50, is also in intensive care in a Belfast hospital following the incident at the farm on the Ballynaloob Road in Dunloy.A man, 50, is also in intensive care in a Belfast hospital following the incident at the farm on the Ballynaloob Road in Dunloy.
He was taken to Causeway hospital on the north coast while the child was airlifted via Royal Navy rescue helicopter from Prestwick in Scotland to the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast.He was taken to Causeway hospital on the north coast while the child was airlifted via Royal Navy rescue helicopter from Prestwick in Scotland to the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast.
A Police Service of Northern Ireland spokesperson said that the Health and Safety Executive are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.A Police Service of Northern Ireland spokesperson said that the Health and Safety Executive are conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
"At the request of family members, police will not be releasing any further details at this time," the PSNI said."At the request of family members, police will not be releasing any further details at this time," the PSNI said.
Local MP, the Democratic Unionist party's Ian Paisley Jr said: "It is deeply distressing to learn of yet another death near a slurry pit."Local MP, the Democratic Unionist party's Ian Paisley Jr said: "It is deeply distressing to learn of yet another death near a slurry pit."
He added: "These accidents are tragic as they remind us of the real dangers the farming community face every day."He added: "These accidents are tragic as they remind us of the real dangers the farming community face every day."
Sinn Féin assembly member for North Antrim, Daithi McKay, said: "Local people here are shocked at what has happened earlier today, as are the farming community across north Antrim."Sinn Féin assembly member for North Antrim, Daithi McKay, said: "Local people here are shocked at what has happened earlier today, as are the farming community across north Antrim."
The tragedy in North Antrim comes ten months after three members of the same family died in a slurry accident on their farm near Hillsborough in Co Down.The tragedy in North Antrim comes ten months after three members of the same family died in a slurry accident on their farm near Hillsborough in Co Down.
Brothers Nevin and Graham Spence died alongside their father Noel after being overcome by fumes from a slurry tank on their land last September. Their sister Emma was also treated in hospital due to the accident in which their father had initially fallen into the tank.Brothers Nevin and Graham Spence died alongside their father Noel after being overcome by fumes from a slurry tank on their land last September. Their sister Emma was also treated in hospital due to the accident in which their father had initially fallen into the tank.