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BOY, SIX, CRUSHED TO DEATH BY
GRAVESTONE
UNITED KINGDOM - Sunday, 09 July 2000
A six-year-old boy has been crushed to death by a falling gravestone as he played with
friends in a cemetery.
The boy, who has not been named, was playing at the Grove Road Cemetery, Harrogate, when
the gravestone fell on him, a spokesman for North Yorkshire Police said.
Officers were called to incident last night at 7pm. The boy was pronounced dead at the
scene.
The spokesman said inquiries are on-going and police were not yet aware of how the
incident happened. "Harrogate Police received reports
that a gravestone had fallen on a child in the Grove Road cemetery," said the
spokesman.
"Officers attended the scene but unfortunately the child, a six-year-old local boy,
was pronounced dead at the scene. "Inquiries into the incident are continuing. The
parents of the child are aware and his identity will be released later." Police are
appealing for witnesses to contact them.
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