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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. | 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 death of the boy, named locally as Dafydd Bowen, had left the community in a "wave of grief". | |
| One neighbour, who did not want to be named, said the accident involved a tractor. | 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. | "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. | "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." | "The community is in a very sad state. Everyone is thinking of the family. People have been phoning one another and talking about it." |
| 'Happy little boy' | |
| She said neighbours were rallying round with village youngsters taking over milking at the farm for the child's father. | She said neighbours were rallying round with village youngsters taking over milking at the farm for the child's father. |
| "Of course, his mother will have organised everything for Christmas. Dafydd had two younger brothers, aged three and four," she said. | |
| "It will be a terrible time for them but they will have to carry on for the other young children. | |
| "Dafydd was such a happy little boy. This is a small community and he was well known." | |
| A Christmas Eve midnight service at Bethlehem Chapel has been cancelled as a mark of respect to the family. | 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. | "The family are regular chapel-goers, and the great uncle and aunt and the boy's grandparents were all expected to attend," she added. |
| S4C said a recorded programme from the village, Seren Bethlehem, would be broadcast as planned on Thursday evening as a tribute to the boy, who features as part of a schools choir. | |
| Bethlehem has been featuring in a series on the village's preparations for its nativity play. | |
| The broadcaster said his family had requested that the programme, which also features some of his relatives, should go ahead. |