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Driver charged over Barnawartha Christmas Day ATV crash that killed toddler

A Barnawartha North driver has been charged over a fatal ATV crash that killed a two-year-old boy on Christmas Day.

Police have charged a Barnawartha North man over a fatal crash which killed a toddler at Christmas last year. (AAP Image/ Joe Castro)
Police have charged a Barnawartha North man over a fatal crash which killed a toddler at Christmas last year. (AAP Image/ Joe Castro)

A man has been charged over a fatal crash that killed a toddler in Barnawartha North last year.

Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit charged 31-year-old Barnawartha North man with culpable driving.

It is alleged the man was the driver of an all-terrain vehicle when it rolled at a property on Moss Rd on Christmas Day.

A two-year-old boy who was a passenger in the vehicle died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

The man was released on bail and will appear at Wodonga Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Originally published as Driver charged over Barnawartha Christmas Day ATV crash that killed toddler

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