Horror as another 14-year-old NI girl dies in tragic accident

A young teen has died in a tragic farm accident over the weekend.

The teenager was killed on a farm outside Newry.

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It happened in the rural Bernish area, south of the city and close to the border, on Saturday afternoon.

The tragic teenager was named locally as Abbie Nummy (14), a pupil at Newry High School.

When asked about the tragedy a spokesman for the PSNI said: "Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following a sudden death in a tragic accident at a farm in Newry on Saturday.

"The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the circumstances."

Emergency services - including the Air Ambulance -were dispatched to the scene, but the young girl's life could not be saved.

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