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Three year old child dies in ATV accident near Glenarm

KAWARTHA LAKES-A three year old child has died after an ATV accident near Glenarm this morning.

Members of the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to an ATV collision on private property, near the Hamlet of Glenarm shortly before 11:30 a.m.

Police say a three year old child was operating a beginner-sized ATV, without permission, on private property when the bike rolled. The child was pronounced deceased at an area hospital.

OPP members trained in collision reconstruction were on the property for several hours collecting evidence. The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending the notification of next of kin.

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Pamela Vanmeer
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Pamela VanMeer is a two time winner of the prestigious Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) Award. Her investigative reports on abuse in Long Term Care Homes garnered international attention for the issue and won the Ron Laidlaw Award. She is a former reporter and anchor at CHEX News, now Global Peterborough and helped launch the New CHEX Daily, a daily half hour talk show. While at CHCH News in Hamilton she covered some of the biggest news stories of the day.

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