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Elderly man dies following farm accident in Kerry

The Health and Safety Authority has been notified
The Health and Safety Authority has been notified

A man in his 90s has died in a farm accident involving machinery in north Kerry.

The accident occurred at around 11am near Listowel and it is understood may have involved a tractor and machinery, which he was operating at the time.

Gardaí said the Health and Safety Authority had been notified.

The accident, during the sixth annual Farm Safety Awareness Week, brings to 13 the number of people who have lost their lives in farm accidents so far this year.

Last year, 24 people died in farm accidents.