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A YOUNG TIPPERARY woman is recovering in an Australian hospital after being involved in an accident on a farm in which her hair got stuck in a conveyor belt.
Annie Dunne from Kilkeary was working on the farm in Shepparton East about 200km north of Melbourne when the accident happened.
The young woman is believed to have been working on the farm as part of efforts to secure her second year visa. Applicants must work for at least 88 days in a regional area of Australia to secure a repeat visa.
Dunne’s parents have flown out to Australia to be with her through her recovery and her friends have also set up a funding page to help cover costs.
The page, which aims to raise $50,000, says that she suffered a “very nasty injury” when the conveyor belt pulled her hair and her scalp.
A local news report following the accident said that the woman was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after suffering “major head injuries”.
A friend of the family told TheJournal.ie that they would be well known as a “popular hard-working family” from outside the Nenagh area.
The funding page says that money raised will go towards helping Annie with her medical expenses and her family’s travel costs.
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Our bomb squad guys don’t get enough recognition. They are one of if not the best trained bomb disposal team in the world. They have an impeccable record and risk their lives almost daily. Well done again guys.
“But we don’t need an army”
- Idiots on this site, 2014
It looks like some sort of fishing rod or something, is it a pipe bomb?
That’s the device they use to put a camera in to get a view before actually going near the device !!!! Your not gunna walk over n pick up a suspect device
@ Lorem. you don’t need an army to have a bomb squad.
U can have a bomb squad and not an army. Just saying!
Try to get anyone else to do it with the same expertise & experience for the same price. Then hire, train, arm & pay people to secure the area while they work. Then keep them on standby round the clock every single day
The only people willing & able to do that are soldiers or ex-soldiers and we can’t afford ex-soldiers
At least nobody brought it to the cop shop for once.
At least nobody brought it to the cop shop for once.
It’s no wonder we’re confiiscating Sam from the Dubs this year. If this is how you treat your neighbours, what hope for our beloved football trophy!
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