Shamattawa child killed by vehicle backing up in parking lot

A young boy was killed in Shamattawa First Nation after a group of children tried to hang onto the rear of moving vehicles in a parking lot.

Hanging onto vehicles on snow-covered roads is known as bumper shining.

RCMP were sent to the community’s nursing station at about 4:45 p.m. Friday after the boy, 6, was hit by a vehicle as it was backing up in the parking lot of a business.

He was taken to the nursing station by the driver and died from his injuries.