Toddler drowns in cattle trough

NZPA
File photo / Dean Purcell
File photo / Dean Purcell

Police are investigating the death of a Northland toddler who was found dead in a cattle trough during the weekend.

The 15-month-old boy was thought to be retrieving a ball when he fell into the trough near Kaikohe.

He was dead when he was found by his nine-year-old sister.

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NZPA