The farmer was squashed and knocked to the ground by the lorry.
A farmer has been taken to hospital after being hit by a lorry at a protest at a beef factory in Co. Meath.
The accident happened this morning outside the Dawn Meats Slane facility. The demonstrations are part of a nationwide campaign against falling beef prices.
Co-Chairman of the Beef Plan Movement Eamon Corley described what happened:
''There was a jeep coming in the opposite direction, the gardai instructed the jeep to turn round,'' he said.
''While this was happening there was a stationary jeep that the lorry was driving by, as it was proceeding up to the factory.
''The lorry suddenly swerved to try and follow the jeep that was going ahead.
''He caught the farmer who was speaking in the door of the other jeep.
''He got squashed and dragged up along the jeep by the lorry and he fell on the ground.''
