PSNI name slurry-tanker tragedy victims

The two men who drowned in a tragic slurry tanker accident in the North yesterday have been named.

PSNI name slurry-tanker tragedy victims

The two men who drowned in a tragic slurry tanker accident in the North yesterday have been named.

21-year-old James Wilson and 33-year-old James Blair died after a tanker containing 150,000 gallons of slurry burst open on top of them.

They had been pumping waste on a farm near Katesbridge, Co Down.

The PSNI and the Health and Safety Executive in the North are carrying out separate investigations.

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