Investigation into Co Down slurry deaths

The death of two men working on a farm who died in an incident involving a container of slurry in Co Down yesterday is being …

The death of two men working on a farm who died in an incident involving a container of slurry in Co Down yesterday is being investigated.

Emergency services were called to the farm at Katesbridge just after 3pm. It is understood that the men died after a plastic portable slurry container burst, engulfing the men.

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