Child crashed under tractor wheel in Kauniainen

A 10-year-old child was killed in a tractor accident at Kauniainen, a municipality in Uusimaa region on Tuesday afternoon, police said in a press release.

The accident took place at about 2:00 pm when the child fell under the wheel of the tractor near a school and died on the spot.

Responding to an alarm from the tractor driver, police and rescue service people rushed to the spot and recovered the body.

There was another child at the spot, but the child was not injured. The child was sent to the physiological support centre.

The police, however, did not divulge detail about the accident.

Länsi-Uusimaa police are investigating into the incident to find out the reason behind the accident.