Man hurt in skip hire firm accident

A worker at a Staffordshire skip hire business was crushed between a mini digger and one of the skips at the firm's yard.

The accident happened at Rugeley Skips in the town's Power Station Road just after 10am yesterday.

The worker was cared for by colleagues after being pinned between the digger, which is used on site, and a skip. He had suffered suspected abdominal, pelvic and leg injuries.

Emergency services were called to the scene and the 23-year-old injured man was flown to hospital by the Midlands Air Ambulance.

The injured man is in a stable condition at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire on Stoke-on-Trent.