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Title: 3 yr old killed in tractor accident.
Post by: nigelb on July 17, 2022, 07:16:47 PM
Just been reading on the bbc news (manchester) about a three year old (yep a 3yr old) killed in a tractor accident. How the fuck can that happen. The child is 3 yrs old. Not old enough to drink, vote, buy porn or even go to school but old enough to be killed on a tractor, on a farm. Please, somebody explain how and why this can happen in 2022
Title: Re: 3 yr old killed in tractor accident.
Post by: nigelb on July 17, 2022, 07:26:42 PM
Have a look at the parents of this "little ray of sunshine" and ask yourselves...."what were they thinking?"
Title: Re: 3 yr old killed in tractor accident.
Post by: nigelb on July 17, 2022, 07:36:44 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-62200648
Title: Re: 3 yr old killed in tractor accident.
Post by: Tony on July 17, 2022, 09:12:52 PM
We don't know the circumstances here but it's impossible to keep eyes on the 3 year old 100% of the time and farms are more dangerous than people think.  This sounds like a tragic accident rather than anything malicious.

I worked on a farm as a kid and HSE would have had a fit at some of the stuff I got up to, but it was all part of the experience.  I was older than 3 at the time, though.
Title: Re: 3 yr old killed in tractor accident.
Post by: nigelb on July 17, 2022, 11:12:09 PM
If you have a three year old little ray of sunshine.....you have a duty to look after it.
Title: Re: 3 yr old killed in tractor accident.
Post by: dgs on July 18, 2022, 03:59:01 PM
Farms and agricultural machinery are so dangerous.

Being a country lad I was always playing at the local farm as a kid. At 9 years oil they taught me to drive a tractor but didn't really have a clue what I was doing.