‘I’d be dead’: Cork boy’s quick thinking saves father’s life in farm accident

Young farmer Brian Philpott, Kanturk, Co Cork, was praised for his courage and quick-witted response after his father became trapped in a potentially disastrous farm accident.
A Cork schoolboy has been hailed a hero after his quick actions saved his father's life following a farm accident in Kanturk.
Brian Philpott's bravery was described as "astonishing" by Kanturk firefighters after his father, Declan, got crushed between an agitator and the wheel of his tractor.