Friday, June 26, 2009

Man critical following Co Down accident

A man is critically ill after falling into a 30ft deep empty water tank in County Down.

The construction worker, 47, was at a water pumping site on Ashley Drive, Bangor, when the incident happened at around 8.30am today, reports breakingnews.ie. He was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital with head and back injuries after a rescue which took around an hour and a half. Paramedics, fire crews and a specialist rope rescue team were called.