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71 year old farmer airlifted to hospital after being crushed by cattle

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A Cumbrian farmer from Kirkby Stephen has been airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries from cattle.

The 71-year-old male was crushed against a wall, sustaining head, chest, facial and abdomen injuries.

A spokesman from the Great North Air Ambulance service explained: "We received a call at 8am yesterday (Thursday, March 3) and the farmer was treated on the scene by our GNAAS doctor-led trauma team.

"He was flown to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough where the flight took 16 minutes.

"The farmer was handed over to the hospital in a serious, but stable, condition."

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