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4-year-old North Idaho girl dies in tragic accident

The Spokesman-Review
A 4-year-old girl died Sunday night after falling between the mud flaps and tires of a semi-tractor her father was driving. Emergency personnel responded to 5885 S. Wolf Lodge Creek Road around 6 p.m. to discover that Steven Wilson had extricated his daughter, Julie, from where she was wedged in the vehicle. Unknown to Steven Wilson, Julie had climbed on the back of the tractor as he left to drive it to a shop for maintenance, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department reported. Somewhere during the seven-tenths of a mile trip, Julie fell between the tires and mud flap assembly, a news release said. Her father found her when he arrived at the shop. Julie was pronounced dead at the scene due to massive head trauma, the release said. “Sheriff’s investigators have determined that this is nothing greater than a tragic accident,” the release said.