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A PROBE has been launched after a Scots pensioner tragically died in an accident on a farm.
Derek Roan, 71, of Barnbarroch Farm, near Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, died after the incident on the family holdings at the weekend.
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Emergency services were called out to the farm two miles south of Dalbeattie but farmer Mr Roan died from his injuries in Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
Police and Health and Safety Executive officials have been investigating the incident but there are not believed to have been any suspicious circumstances.
The Roan family run two dairy farms in the Stewartry at Barnbarroch and Boreland of Colvend and also operate a milk delivery service across Dumfries and Galloway.
They also have a small golf course a short distance from the farm.
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Derek, was active in the National Farmers Union of Scotland for many years as well as many other local and national organisations.
He was a member of the Stewartry Area of the NFU where he was a past president and was also a past chairman of the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Board.
One local farmer said: “They are a well known family in the area and this has come as a great shock to everyone.
“Derek was very active in local organisations and he spent a lot of time over the years with the NFU.”
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Son Stuart and his wife Aylett farm at Barnbarroch Farm and son Steven and wife Tracey operate at Boreland of Colvend Farm, Colvend where they have a herd of pedigree Holsteins.
Mr Roan and his wife Kathleen live on the farm at Barnbarroch.
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