CONCORD, N.C. — Two boys fell off a landscape trailer being pulled by a truck and were run over by the trailer Saturday afternoon in Concord, officials told Channel 9.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol was investigating the incident just after 2 p.m. on Chatham Oaks Drive off Poplar Tent Road.
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Troopers said the father of the boys, ages 10 and 12, accidentally ran them over after they fell off the front of the trailer after making a turn on a slight incline. Troopers said he was driving slowly.
Both boys were seriously injured.
Troopers said the father was doing yard work in the neighborhood and also going door-to-door looking for work. They are investigating the incident as a traffic collision.
Charges are possible, troopers said. Children should not be allowed to ride in the back of a pickup truck or on a trailer, they said.
Reporter Dashawn Brown is working to get more details. Check back for updates to this developing story. Brown will have the latest on Eyewitness News at 6 p.m.
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