A terrible tragedy took place this Tuesday shortly before 12:30 p.m. in a field in Guipry-Messac, south of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine).

While sitting on a tractor, a 3-year-old child fell to the ground, before being caught by the rotary cutter which was behind the agricultural machine.

When the firefighters arrived, the child was already dead, say the emergency services.

Given the circumstances and the young age of the victim, a psychological cell was opened for the firefighters who intervened on the scene.

Present at the scene of the tragedy, the gendarmerie made observations.

The tractor was seized.

An investigation has been opened to determine the causes of death, said a source from the gendarmerie.

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  • Accident

  • Child

  • Tractor

  • Agriculture

  • Brittany