Locals in a Connecticut town are grieving after a 6-year-old boy was killed when he was pulled into a wood chipper while helping his father on a tree removal job.
First-grader Jeffrey Bourgeois was with his dad, Scott, on a job in Salem on Tuesday at around 8:45 a.m. when the accident occurred, the Norwich Bulletin reported.
State police said Scott Bourgeois’ back was turned when the little boy picked up a tree branch and plunged it into the chipper.
The boy became snagged on the branch and was pulled in, killing him instantly, the newspaper reported.