A three-year-old has died after rolling an ATV, police say.

Kawartha Lakes Provincial Police say it happened just before 11:30 a.m. on Sunday near the Hamlet of Glenarm, south of Kawartha Lakes.

Provincial police were called to an ATV collision on private property where they say the child was operating a beginner-sized ATV without permission when the vehicle rolled.

Police say the toddler was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.