A MAN was airlifted to hospital after being injured by a fork lift truck at an industrial site near Leominster.

An ambulance and the county air ambulance from the Strensham base attended the scene of the incident on Torvale Industrial Estate in Pembridge at 8.45am this morning.

The injured man, in his 50s, was working at the Kingspan site and was treated by flight paramedics and the ambulance crew for chest and leg injuries.

He was stabilised at the scene before being airlifted to Hereford County Hospital for further assessment and treatment.