Boy killed in farm mishap
|
|
|
|
BEAUMONT — A five-year-old boy was killed Saturday on a farm south of Edmonton when his head became trapped under the wheels of a utility trailer.
Paramedics were unable to revive the boy, who was pronounced dead on the scene.
As news filtered out, at least a half-dozen vehicles carrying people in tears rolled up the gravel road to the farmhouse lined with trees. Mounties were not saying much about the tragedy except that it had been very traumatic for the family as well as for the emergency crews.
“This is about as (bad) as it gets,“ said Cpl. Dave Wilkinson of the Beaumont RCMP.
Mounties are doing an investigation for the medical examiner, but the incident did not appear to be criminal, said Wilkinson.
He added that the accident was not agriculture-related.
A neighbour said two young boys, about five and six years old, lived on the farm.
It was also a multigenerational family who had been living on the farm for many years and were well known to the area, he said.
The Beaumont fire department, as well as two EMS units from the Parkland Ambulance Authority and four RCMP officers, attended the scene.
-
Two arrested after police find cash, drugs, weapons in Blackfalds
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-18-2008
-
Teen dead, boy injured in midnight crash Sunday
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-21-2008
-
Man found dead in car wash
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-06-2008
- Red Deer man wins $300,000 at Calgary Stampede Red Deer Advocate • Jul-15-2008
-
Ali Oop, the kissing bear, dead at 27, from foot injury
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-22-2008
-
Search on for missing woman
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-16-2008
-
Lottery payday: Workers from Innisfail share $15-million windfall
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-15-2008
-
B.C. family ‘arrested’ to kick off Westerner Days
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-16-2008
- Romantic story comes full circle Red Deer Advocate • Jul-16-2008
- Drug charges pile up for man Red Deer Advocate • Jul-21-2008
- Disgraced track star Marion Jones asks for sentence to be commuted Red Deer Advocate • Jul-21-2008
- American white pelican killed in city park Red Deer Advocate • Jul-22-2008
-
Fire rips charity camp lodge
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-22-2008
-
Westerner Days midway a scream
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-17-2008
-
Funnel clouds spotted in Red Deer
Red Deer Advocate •
Jul-10-2008
- Woman airlifted to Calgary after crash near Innisfail Red Deer Advocate • Jul-15-2008
