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Four-year-old boy dies after being struck by vehicle in remote First Nation

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FORT HOPE, Ont. – Nishnawbe Aski police say they’re investigating the death of a young boy on a First Nation approximately 385 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay, Ont.

They say four-year-old Issac Waboose was struck by a vehicle while walking on Sunday evening in Eabametoong First Nation.

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He was taken to the local nursing station where he died of his injuries.

A post mortem is scheduled for Tuesday in Toronto.

Nishnawbe Aski police and provincial police traffic collision investigators are probing the collision.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police.

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