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An 8-year-old boy riding in a Fourth of July parade in central Oklahoma died Thursday after his father accidentally ran him over with a float.

Police officer, James Hamm says the young boy was riding on a martial arts group’s float at LibertyFest in Edmond before he got down or fell from the vehicle at the end of the parade.

Huffington Post reports:

Part of the float – a truck and flatbed trailer with red, white and blue decorations that was loaded with hay bales – struck the child and knocked him to the ground, Hamm said. Edmond is just north of Oklahoma City.

The officer says:

“The driver, obviously unknowing what was going on, drove forward and ran over the child,”

SO SAD!

The boy was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police didn’t immediately release his or his father’s names but he was not expected to face charges as it appears to be just a “freak, unfortunate accident” according to Hamm.

Our prayers are with the young boys family.

SOURCE: Huffington Post