Toddler dies after being hit by a recycling truck in Barrie

A boy just shy of his second birthday has died, police said Friday, after he was hit by a recycling truck in Barrie.

Barrie Police Services said in a press release they were called to Red Maple Lane after 12:30 p.m. on Thursday for what was initially reported as a collision in a neighbourhood that appears to be a new-construction subdivision near Mapleview Drive and Yonge Street.

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