ManitobaA six-year-old boy is dead after he was hit by a vehicle that was backing up in the parking lot of a business in the northern Manitoba community of Shamattawa.Boy was hit when vehicle backed up, police sayCBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2025 1:02 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.RCMP were called Dec. 5 to the Shamattawa nursing station, where the injured boy had been taken by the driver of the vehicle. (CBC)A six-year-old boy is dead he was hit by a vehicle that was backing up in the parking lot of a business in the northern Manitoba community of Shamattawa.RCMP were called around 4:45 p.m. on Dec. 5 to the community nursing station, where the boy had been taken by the driver of the vehicle.The boy later died from his injuries.Police said several children were bumper shining — hanging onto bumpers of vehicles in an attempt to slide on the snow — when the collision happened.Shamattawa is about 735 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
Boy, 6, killed while sliding behind car in northern Manitoba parking lot
