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SALEM, Conn. - Connecticut state police say a 6-year-old boy has died in a wood chipper accident while helping his father on a landscaping job during school vacation week. Lt. J. Paul Vance says Jeffrey Bourgeois was putting a branch into the chipper Tuesday morning in Salem when it pulled him into the machine after his father turned his back for a moment. Vance says Jeffrey had gone to work with his father and two older siblings.
The boy's father runs a Salem landscaping business and was doing a job when the accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Jeffrey was pronounced dead at the scene.
CBS affiliate WFSB reports neighbor and Salem Fire Chief Gene Mairorano said "basically we're getting counseling for the family. I was first on the scene and kept everyone away."
According to the station, state police have launched an investigation into the accident but it is not criminal.
The boy's father runs a Salem landscaping business and was doing a job when the accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. Jeffrey was pronounced dead at the scene.
CBS affiliate WFSB reports neighbor and Salem Fire Chief Gene Mairorano said "basically we're getting counseling for the family. I was first on the scene and kept everyone away."
According to the station, state police have launched an investigation into the accident but it is not criminal.