Crime & Safety
Girl Hit, Killed By Dad's Trailer In Wright County: Sheriff
Deputies said the girl appeared to have been standing on the tongue of an enclosed utility trailer when she fell off and was run over.
WRIGHT COUNTY, MN — A 4-year-old Buffalo girl died Saturday when she was run over by her father’s trailer as he drove away from their home, according to the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the girl appeared to have been standing on the tongue of an enclosed utility trailer being pulled by her father when she fell off and was run over about a quarter-mile from their home.
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The girl was taken to Buffalo Hospital, where she was pronounced dead Saturday, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. Saturday near the 1850 block of 50th Street NE in Buffalo Township, according to the sheriff’s office.
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