Worker rushed to hospital following farm accident in Wexford

A multi-agency response was launched after a farm accident in South Wexford on Tuesday afternoon. National Ambulance Service and the Fire Service responded to Clonmines near Wellingtonbridge, where a young agricultural contractor in his 20s was reportedly trapped under fallen farm machinery. Paramedics and firefighters worked together to treat him, and the NAS Air Ambulance was requested as a precaution for possible airlift. After he was freed, he was transferred by ambulance to Wexford General Hospital, where his injuries were described as serious but non-life-threatening. Emergency services also responded to a separate crash at Drinagh outside Wexford town involving a motorbike and an SUV, sending a man in his 70s to hospital with serious injuries.

"The National Ambulance Service (NAS) and Fire Service rushed to a scene at Clonmines, near Wellingtonbridge, which reportedly saw a young agricultural contractor trapped underneath a piece of farm machinery which had fallen on him."

"As paramedics and the fire service worked together to tend to the man aged in his 20s, who is said to have suffered serious crush injuries, a call was made for the assistance of the NAS Air Ambulance, which arrived as a precaution, ready to airlift the young man."

"However, when he was freed, it was decided that the best course of action was to transfer him via ambulance to Wexford General Hospital, where his injuries were described as serious but non-life-threatening."

"On a busy afternoon for the emergency services, the NAS and gardaí simultaneously responded to a crash between a motorbike and an SUV at Drinagh, just outside Wexford town which saw a man aged in his 70s rushed to hospital with "serious" injuries."

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