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| Boy, 6, dies after farm incident | Boy, 6, dies after farm incident |
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| A six-year-old boy has died following an agricultural incident in Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire. | A six-year-old boy has died following an agricultural incident in Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire. |
| Dyfed-Powys Police and the Health and Safety Executive say they are investigating but the incident is not being treated as suspicious. | |
| Villagers said the rural community had been hit by a "wave of grief" at news of the death. | |
| One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said the accident involved a tractor. | |
| "The situation is so terrible and, of course, coming so close to Christmas just makes it worse," she said. | |
| "I know that he was involved in some sort of accident with a tractor. His parents are inconsolable. | |
| "The community is in a very sad state. Everyone is thinking of the family. People have been phoning one another and talking about it." | |
| She said neighbours were rallying round with village youngsters taking over milking at the farm for the child's father. | |
| "It will be a terrible time for them but they will have to carry on for the other young children," she said. | |
| She said he was "a happy little boy" who was well known in the small community. | |
| A Christmas Eve midnight service at Bethlehem Chapel has been cancelled as a mark of respect to the family. | |
| "The family are regular chapel-goers, and the great uncle and aunt and the boy's grandparents were all expected to attend," she added. |