UPDATE: On Monday, RCMP said the acreage tractor wasn’t moving at the time of the incident.
They said the tractor “had come to a stop as the trailer had become unhitched,” and the trailer rolled into the ditch while it was being repositioned in an attempt to reattach it.
EARLIER: A 4-year-old boy is dead following a tractor accident in the RM of Tache, northwest of Lorette, Man.
St Pierre-Jolys RCMP said the incident happened on Saturday, June 23 around 3:35 p.m. at a residential property.
A 63-year-old woman was operating an acreage tractor and pulling a utility trailer loaded with a water tank.
The boy was in the trailer when it detached and rolled backwards into a ditch. He was rushed to hospital, but was pronounced dead.
The RCMP and Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating the incident.
