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Ploughing machine 20.04.2006

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A 16-year-old boy had to have his leg amputated below the knee after his 14-year-old friend ran over it with a ploughing machine. Investigators described the accident as entirely preventable, and ruled that the farmer concerned should not have let the 14-year-old drive a tractor with a ploughing machine attached.

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