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Boy killed by falling gates at Amish farm

July 3, 2013

JEFFERSON COUNTY, N.Y. — A three-year-old boy is dead after he was crushed by heavy gates at an Amish farm in Jefferson County.

Deputies say it happened Monday afternoon along Dog Hill Road in Orleans.

According to investigators, the boy was climbing the metal gates when they fell on him. Each gate weighed about a hundred pounds.

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