UPDATE:
NAPPANEE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say two Amish brothers were killed when they were run over by a tractor-trailer hauling corn on a farm in northern Indiana. Kosciusko County Coroner Tony Ciriello says 5-year-old Jaylin Hochstetler and 3-year-old Kenton Hochstetler died Tuesday afternoon on the farm near Nappanee. Ciriello says that the boys were apparently “intrigued with the combines and trucks,” crossed a fence and climbed beneath the trailer. The driver moved forward, unaware of the children.
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NAPPANEE, Ind. (AP) — Police say two young children were killed when they were run over by a tractor-trailer hauling corn on a farm.
The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office says the children, ages 3 and 5, died Tuesday afternoon on a farm near Nappanee. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say a preliminary investigation indicates a 26-year-old Nappanee man who was driving the tractor-trailer began pulling it forward, unaware that the children were beneath the trailer. Both suffered fatal injuries.
Authorities haven’t released the youngsters’ names.
Relatives say the children lived at a home on the farm property, but no one noticed they had left that home’s fenced-in yard and were near the truck.