• May 18, 2013

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Child dies in toy jeep accident

BLACKEY, Ky.(WYMT)- A five year old is dead after an accident involving a battery powered toy jeep.

It happened in the Blackey community. The Letcher County coroner says the child was driving the toy jeep and pinned himself between the frame of a trampoline and the toy.

The cause of death is not known. The body is in Frankfort for an autopsy.

EXCLUSIVE: Man says despite guilty plea he did not cause son's death
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