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14-year-old boy killed in tractor rollover in Woolwich Township: police

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Waterloo Regional Police are investigating after a 14-year-old boy was killed in a tractor crash in Woolwich Township late Tuesday night.

Police say emergency services were called to a home on Letson Drive at around 10 p.m. for reports of a fatal collision.

They say the tractor the teen was driving entered into a ditch before rolling over.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

There were no other occupants aboard the vehicle.

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Ontario law allows people under the age of 16 to drive tractors on farms and to crossroads.

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