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Sugarcane worker killed by harvester

Published: 26 Dec 2012 at 13.17
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A 14-year-old boy helping harvest sugarcane has been killed in a gruesome accident involving a combine harvester in Kanchanaburi province.

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Police received a report of the death late Tuesday afternoon.

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patchar
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Discussion 2 : 26 Dec 2012 at 21.592
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For sure it was because of poverty that the poor boy opted to work than to go to school. He just want to augment his family income by working in a sugarcane farm. Unfortunately, his life ended justt like that. Negligence could be the main cause of his death and someone should be liable. He is just 14 years old and as mentioned in the article he worked in that plantation for a week. The operator of the harvester leave the scene after the incident. How could that be? The police should take time to investigate further this incident before concluding that it is an accident.
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Discussion 1 : 26 Dec 2012 at 14.351
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What is a 14 year old doing working and not in school? The driver ran away and they think it was a accident. Oh please.
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