HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. ( WJW /NEXSTAR) – Two children have died following two separate accidents at Halloween hayride events in Tennessee and Minnesota, authorities announced days apart.
Deputies with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee responded to the Haunted Hilltop Halloween event in Harrison on Friday night after it was reported that a child was hit by a tractor.
The sheriff’s office, in a Facebook post, said a chaperone at the event had explained to deputies that a group of juveniles were playing near a hay ride tractor route, hiding “behind some bushes trying to scare some hay riders.”
Deputies were told that one of the kids tried to jump onto the trailer, but had possibly slipped before falling underneath the wheels, where the child was found unresponsive.
“Sadly, the juvenile succumbed to their injuries and was pronounced deceased on the scene,” the sheriff’s office said.
The child’s age was not made public by the sheriff’s office, but the Chattanooga Times Free Press identified the victim as a 12-year-old male.