A celebration turned into tragedy over the weekend after an eight-year-old Prince Albert boy died when he jumped off a float trailer and was run over after a parade in Preeceville, Saskatchewan.
The accident happened on Saturday in the community about 275 kilometres east of Saskatoon.
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The float was on the school grounds following the parade when the child jumped off the trailer on the passenger side and was run over by its wheels.
The float was a dual-axle trailer being pulled by a pickup truck and was moving about two to three kilometres-an-hour at the time.
Two nurses on another float immediately attended to the boy and he was transported by EMS to hospital where he died a short time later.
His name has not been released.
RCMP initially released the boy was seven-years-old, but he had turned eight two days before the tragic accident.
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