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Conor Coyle

Dungannon incident sees man hospitalised as Air Ambulance tasked to scene

A man has been seriously injured after an incident in Co Tyrone on Friday morning.

The Air Ambulance was tasked to the scene of an incident at around 10am on Friday in the Meadowvale area of Dungannon .

One person was taken to hospital in Craigavon after emergency services attended the scene. It is understood the incident involved heavy machinery on a building site in the area.

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A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service confirmed they had attended the incident and one person had been taken to hospital with their injuries.

“The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service has said that they received a 999 call at 09:56 following reports of an incident in the Meadowvale area, Dungannon this morning,” the NIAS said.

“NIAS despatched 1 Emergency Crew, 1 HART team and also tasked the Charity Air Ambulance, with HEMS crew on board, to the incident. Following assessment and initial treatment one patient was taken to Craigavon Area Hospital by ambulance.”

The Health and Safety Executive have said they have not received any reports of a workplace incident in the area.

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