Sunday, July 5, 2015

Four-year-old dies in tractor accident

A four-year-old boy has died in a tractor accident on a farm in Southgate Township near Highway 89 in Grey County Saturday.

Police were called after a tractor tire fell over, pinning the child.

He was taken by ambulance to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

An investigation is being conducted under the authority of the Coroner's Office, with the assistance of Grey County OPP and the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, which is called in whenever the deceased is under the age of five.


The Farm Safety Board has also been notified.