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Nova Scotia emergency crews respond to child hit by combine in Clementsvale

Nova Scotia RCMP say a child has been hit by a combine. File / Global News

RCMP in both Annapolis and Digby counties have responded to an incident in the Clementsvale, N.S. area that left a nine-year-old girl in critical condition.

Police say at approximately 6:50 p.m., the girl was struck by a combine and sustained serious injuries.

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According to RCMP Sgt. Terry Miller, The child was playing in a field that was being mowed when the incident occurred.

The young girl had been hiding in the deep grass and wasn’t seen by the operator of the combine.

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Police say she was airlifted to a hospital in Halifax, where she remained in critical condition Thursday morning.

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The police investigation is ongoing.

— With files from the Canadian Press

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