The Great North Air Ambulance attending the scene in Kirkby Stephen. SUBMITTED
A FARMER has been airlifted to hospital after being crushed against a wall by cattle in Cumbria.
The Great North Air Ambulance Service was called to Kirkby Stephen at 8am.
A 71-year-old farmer had been crushed against a wall by cattle, sustaining head, facial, chest and abdomen injuries.
He was assessed at the scene and treated by the GNAAS doctor-led trauma team.
The patient was then flown to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough within 16 minutes.
His condition on arrival has been described as serious but stable condition.
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