Boy crushed by tractor tyre

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was killed in a freak accident in Paphos yesterday afternoon.

At around 3pm, Nicholas Ignatiou, from Amargeti, and two other men were attempting to change the fuel tank on a tractor.

They removed a rear tyre and placed it alongside the vehicle, police said. Ignatiou’s grandson, Stavros Panayi, approached the tyre and it slipped and crushed him.

He was rushed to Paphos hospital, but was declared dead on arrival.

 

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