Young boy killed in back yard accident in South San Gabriel
SOUTH SAN GABRIEL -- A 6-year-old boy died over the weekend after a large bird bath fell on him as he played in a back yard, authorities said.
Hunter Thomas Mason Brule of Lake Arrowhead died at a hospital several hours after the accident, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said.
The incident was reported about 5 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1700 block of Eckhart Avenue in the unincorporated county area known as South San Gabriel, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Tom McNeal said.
The boy was playing in the back yard with a dog when a large concrete bird feeder fell over and landed on his chest, sheriff's and coroner's officials said.
An autopsy performed Tuesday concluded the boy died from blunt force trauma to his chest and the death was ruled accidental, Corral said.
Rescuers initially found the boy not breathing, but revived him and rushed him to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, McNeal said. He died from his injuries about 11:30 p.m.
Nothing criminal was initially suspected, he said.
Sheriff's chaplains were summoned to counsel both the family of the boy, as well as deputies who responded to the scene.
Hunter Thomas Mason Brule of Lake Arrowhead died at a hospital several hours after the accident, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said.
The incident was reported about 5 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1700 block of Eckhart Avenue in the unincorporated county area known as South San Gabriel, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Tom McNeal said.
The boy was playing in the back yard with a dog when a large concrete bird feeder fell over and landed on his chest, sheriff's and coroner's officials said.
An autopsy performed Tuesday concluded the boy died from blunt force trauma to his chest and the death was ruled accidental, Corral said.
Rescuers initially found the boy not breathing, but revived him and rushed him to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, McNeal said. He died from his injuries about 11:30 p.m.
Nothing criminal was initially suspected, he said.
Sheriff's chaplains were summoned to counsel both the family of the boy, as well as deputies who responded to the scene.
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