Upstate New York

1-Year-Old Boy Dies in Agricultural Accident in Upstate NY: Police

Police said the boy was fatally struck Thursday after approaching a skid steer his father was using to tow a hay wagon

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A 1-year-old boy has died in what authorities called an agricultural accident in Franklin County.

New York State Police said Benjamin Miller was fatally struck Thursday after approaching a skid steer his father was using to tow a hay wagon in the town of Burke along the Canadian border.

Authorities said the boy was taken to a hospital in nearby Malone, where he was pronounced dead.

The death remains under investigation.

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