A young boy is dead after a tractor incident near Beausejour.

Caution: This story contains distressing details.

On Friday afternoon in the RM of Brokenhead, six kilometres south of Beausejour, a 10-year-old bo was loading a garden tractor onto the back of a pickup truck. The tractor slid off the ramp, pinning the young boy to the ground.

RCMP say the boy was unresponsive when they received the 12:15 p.m. call. Medical assistance was given, but he was pronounced deceased on the scene.

Officers are investigating.