Boy dies after falling from tractor in Tipperary

A five-year-old boy was killed yesterday after falling from a tractor in Co Tipperary.

A five-year-old boy was killed yesterday after falling from a tractor in Co Tipperary.

The boy, who has not yet been named, is understood to have been crushed after falling from a tractor driven by his father on a farm in Toomevara near Nenagh.

Gardaí and the Health and Safety Authority have launched separate investigations into the incident.

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