Colony boy killed in farm accident

By Janet Kanters Times Editor

A young boy was killed Monday in a tractor accident at the Wintering Hills Hutterite Colony, near Hussar.
RCMP said the nine-year-old was a passenger on the tractor when he fell off and was run over.
EMS and STARS were called to the colony shortly after noon, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
RCMP said the incident was deemed accidental and no charges were laid.
Alberta’s Farm Safety Centre reported there were 306 farm-related fatalities in Alberta between 1997 and 2014, with 19 per cent of those reported as child deaths. For children aged 14 and under, 41.9 per cent of farm deaths are due to machine runovers.