3-year-old has died after being struck by starting gate at N.B. horse racing track
Jun 16, 2025 | 12:29 PM
Police in New Brunswick say a three-year-old child has died after they were struck by the starting gate at a horse racing track in Woodstock, N.B.
The town’s chief of police Mark Bennett says the gate was being towed by a pickup truck as a harness race began Saturday afternoon around 1:20 p.m.
This type of race involves drivers in two-wheeled carts, pulled by horses.
The police chief says the child suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead at the Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville, N.B.
