STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — Stark County officials are investigating after an accident involving a piece of heavy machinery killed a five-year-old boy and injured his father in Plain Township Sunday afternoon.
A press release from the Stark County Sheriff’s Office says the father was operating a compact earth-moving machine in the backyard of a home, located in the 2400 block of Bur Oak Street NE, around 3:40 p.m.
The boy and his mother were inside the home prior to the incident, the release says, and the child went outside at some point prior to the incident…