Three young girls, two of them 11 and the third 13, have
died after they were buried in
canola on a farm near Withrow, Alberta, just east of Rocky Mountain House in the
central area of the province.
Rocky Mountain House RCMP say the
three girls were playing on a loaded truck of canola at a family farm on
Tuesday evening.
However, they became buried by the
seed in the truck and started to suffocate.
They were pulled out by adults on
scene, who called for emergency personnel.
RCMP say life-saving measures were
attempted at length by personnel from Condor, Leslieville and Clearwater County
Fire Departments, as well as the Eckville and Rocky Mountain Ambulance and
members of the Rocky Mountain House RCMP.
