24/07/2013
Boy, Six, Dies In Farm Accident
A six-year-old boy has died in a farming accident in Co Armagh.
The BBC has said the boy has been named as Harry Starrett.
Around 5.15pm on Tuesday, an ambulance was called to a farm on Ballynahonemore Road, just outside Armagh City, and took the child to hospital.
DUP Councillor Freda Donnelly said she understood the infant had been overcome with slurry gas fumes in a milking parlour at his grandfather's farm.
The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) is investigating the accident.
Ms Donnelly is quoted as saying: "Harry was a lovely, friendly, happy-go-lucky wee boy who just loved farming.
"The family are very well known and highly respected in the area. Anyone I have spoken to is absolutely devastated. The death of a child is every parent's worst nightmare."
Lord Mayor of Armagh, Robert Turner, added: "This is another farm tragedy. The entire area is in state of shock that a six-year-old boy has lost his life. I know his family and I wish to pass on my sincere condolences."
Last year, 12 people were killed in Northern Ireland as a result of farm-related accidents.
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The BBC has said the boy has been named as Harry Starrett.
Around 5.15pm on Tuesday, an ambulance was called to a farm on Ballynahonemore Road, just outside Armagh City, and took the child to hospital.
DUP Councillor Freda Donnelly said she understood the infant had been overcome with slurry gas fumes in a milking parlour at his grandfather's farm.
The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) is investigating the accident.
Ms Donnelly is quoted as saying: "Harry was a lovely, friendly, happy-go-lucky wee boy who just loved farming.
"The family are very well known and highly respected in the area. Anyone I have spoken to is absolutely devastated. The death of a child is every parent's worst nightmare."
Lord Mayor of Armagh, Robert Turner, added: "This is another farm tragedy. The entire area is in state of shock that a six-year-old boy has lost his life. I know his family and I wish to pass on my sincere condolences."
Last year, 12 people were killed in Northern Ireland as a result of farm-related accidents.
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