Elderly man killed in Antrim farming accident

A man in his seventies has been killed in a farming accident in Co Antrim.

A man in his seventies has been killed in a farming accident in Co Antrim.

The incident occurred on the Ballymore Road, Tandragee shortly after 3.30 p.m. this afternoon.

The man is understood to have been trapped under a tractor. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.

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