Farmers urged to learn from Nevin Spence slurry tragedy

The deaths of a father and his two sons – one of them a professional rugby star - in a slurry tank accident in Northern Ireland must serve as a warning to the whole farming community, a coroner has urged.

Farmers urged to learn from Nevin Spence slurry tragedy

The deaths of a father and his two sons – one of them a professional rugby star - in a slurry tank accident in Northern Ireland must serve as a warning to the whole farming community, a coroner has urged.

Ulster Rugby player Nevin Spence, 22, his elder brother Graham, 30, and their father Noel, 58, were knocked out by poisonous fumes before drowning in less than four feet of slurry.

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