14/05/2014

Investigation Launched Into Baler Accident Death

An investigation has been launched following the death of a 27-year-old man on a farm in Co Wexford.

It is understood that the man died in an accident involving a baler on a farm near Camross.

Gardaí in New Ross and the Health and Safety Authority have begun investigating to establish the circumstances surrounding the man's death.

No more details on the victim of the accident have been released.

(MH/IT)

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