Boy crushed (CORRECTED)
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Your support makes all the difference.CORRECTION (PUBLISHED 14 MAY 1994) APPENDED TO THIS ARTICLE
A six-year-old boy was crushed to death when he tried to climb on to the trailer of a steam traction engine at a fun day at Exminster Primary School, near Exeter, Devon.
CORRECTION
In Monday's edition, it was incorrectly stated that a six-year-old boy was crushed to death by a steam traction engine at a fun day at Exminster Primary School, near Exeter, Devon. In fact the boy was not seriously hurt. We apologise for the error.
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