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Man's hand trapped in potato picker in Lichfield

A man has been airlifted to hospital after his hand became trapped in a mechanical potato picker near Lichfield.

Paramedics said the man's hand was partially amputated in the accident, which happened in a field near Woodhouse Farm in Curborough.

The man, believed to be aged in his 30s, was flown to the specialist trauma centre at Selly Oak Hospital.

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