JACKSON COUNTY —A 7-year-old boy died in an accident on a hay ride just after 7:30p.m. Saturday in a rural area of Jackson County, according to Sheriff Darryl Forte.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the boy was clinging to the trailer pulled by a John Deere tractor in the 1300 Block of Pratt Road just south of Poindexter Road. The boy fell and the trailer hit him.
Jackson County South ambulance transported the boy in critical condition to Lee's Summit Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The MSHP has not released the child's name.