Teen seriously injured after tractor overturns

A 19-year-old man was airlifted to hospital with a serious injury after a tractor overturned in Cornwall, police have said.

Devon and Cornwall Police said emergency services were called to Altarnun at about 16:30 BST on Tuesday.

The police force said the Health and Safety Executive had been informed.

Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters assisted ambulance workers to remove the driver from the tractor.

"One fire appliance from Launceston and a rescue tender from Bodmin attended a report of an overturned tractor," the fire service said.

"The fire crews assisted ambulance personnel in removing a casualty from the tractor, and then down a steep bank to the air ambulance."

Police said: "The driver was removed safely from the vehicle by the fire service and taken to hospital with a serious injury."

A spokesperson for Cornwall Air Ambulance added they conveyed the man to Derriford Hospital.

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