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Four-year-old boy dies in farm accident

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by Chris Daponte

WELLINGTON NORTH - A four-year-old boy is dead following a tragic farm accident here on Monday.

On June 24 at about 4pm, emergency crews responded a farm on Sideroad 5, south of Mount Forest, for a report of a tractor striking a child.

Wellington County OPP officer, Wellington North firefighters and Guelph Wellington paramedics found the child unresponsive.

The four-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say the cause of the accident is under investigation and the identity of the boy was not immediately released.

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by Chris Daponte

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