Een vader en twee zoons op een boerderij in Noord-Ierland zijn overleden na een val in een mesttank. Een dochter overleefde het ongeval ternauwernood............
Three Die Falling Into Farm Slurry Tank
Police are investigating the deaths of three men who fell into a slurry tank at a farm in County Down, Northern Ireland.9:16pm UK, Saturday 15 September 2012
Major rescue operation in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland
A father and two sons have died after falling into a slurry tank at a farm in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Emergency services were called to the scene in Drumlough Road in Hillsborough, at around 6pm.
They found four people in the tank. Two of the men were already dead, but they rescued a man and a woman.
The pair were taken to hospital, but doctors were unable to save the man.
The woman - believed to be the brothers' sister - is recovering from the effects of fume inhalation. She is at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast.
Sky's Ireland Correspondent David Blevins said: "The family are well known and well respected in their local community and in Northern Ireland as a whole, and I think those details will become known later tonight or tomorrow morning."
He said it was not uncommon for farm workers to fall into a slurry tank, and sometimes two people have to be rescued when someone climbs in to help them. But he said it was very unusual for four people to be pulled from a tank. A police spokeman said: "The health and safety executive have been notified and will carry out an investigation in due course."
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said: "Three people were unconscious and NIAS paramedics commenced resuscitation efforts immediately assisted by other ambulance personnel.
"One of the four showed initial signs of responding to the efforts of the crews and was transported immediately to the nearby Lagan Valley Hospital, where unfortunately he died a short time later."Despite the best efforts of all involved the other two men died at the scene. "A female was treated at the scene and taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital where she is recovering from the effects of fume inhalation." The ambulance service said it extended its sympathies to those involved.
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