3-year-old boy dies after being hit by a tractor at a farm as police investigate
- The collision happened this afternoon at a farm in Tottington, Bury
- Officials were present and the boy was tragically pronounced dead by paramedics
- The cordons at the crime scene have since been lifted and the driver is assisting the police
A three-year-old boy has died after being hit by a tractor on a farm in the Tottington area of Bury.
Greater Manchester Police were called by the North West Ambulance Service just before 12.45pm today (Saturday 16 July) after an ambulance was signaled to stop at a vehicle containing a seriously injured child on Rochdale Old Road.
Police were called after a car carrying the boy pulled over an ambulance on Rochdale Old Road
Officials were present and the boy was tragically pronounced dead by paramedics before he could be taken to hospital.
Investigations quickly revealed that the boy sustained his non-life-threatening injuries following a collision with a tractor on farmland off Bentley Hall Road.
The driver of the tractor is assisting the police in their investigation and a crime scene remains at the farm while investigators from Bury’s CID work with colleagues from the Health and Safety Executive to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A scene was set up on Rochdale Old Road to allow for an initial investigation. The lockdown has now been lifted.
Specialist officers are supporting the boy’s family and Greater Manchester Police are asking that the family’s privacy be respected at this devastating time.
Chief Inspector Ian Partington, GMP’s Bury District, said: “This is a heartbreaking incident in which a young boy has tragically lost his life and my thoughts go out to his family and loved ones who are deeply saddened by today’s events will.
“Although his family stopped an ambulance while they rushed him to the hospital, despite the paramedics’ best efforts, the boy unfortunately could not be saved. I can’t imagine how stressful that was for everyone involved.
“We are working to ensure a full investigation is carried out and the farmland where we know this incident occurred remains cordoned off to allow our investigators and partners from the HSE to conduct a thorough investigation to determine exactly what.” happened here.”
Strangers on social media have flooded to send congratulations to the boy’s family, describing the collision as “tragic,” “terrible” and “heartbreaking.”
Adding to the tragedy, there are reports of a second, unrelated collision on Rochdale Old Road at the time the boy’s family alerted paramedics to the boy’s condition.
