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Man crushed by digger at car wash

A man has been taken to hospital after he was crushed by a mechanical digger while working at a car wash.

Emergency services were called to Main Road in Gedney, near Spalding, Lincolnshire on Saturday evening.

Lincolnshire Police said a mechanical digger had rolled over the 42-year-old local man.

He was taken to hospital in King's Lynn, where his condition is described as critical but stable. The Health and Safety Executive have been informed.



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