28 Year old man dies in Farm Accident in Macroom.
A 28 year old man has been killed in a farm accident in Macroom in Co Cork.
It's understood the man was on a shed roof at his family farm at Inchisine at Toames outside Macroom, making a video of silage cutting, when the roof collapsed beneath him around 3pm.
The man fell onto a concrete floor and family members called the emergency services, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gardai in Macroom have begun an investigation and will prepare a file for an inquest at the coroner's court.
The Health and safety Authority have also been notified and have begun a separate investigation.
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