HOWELL, Mich. – A 12-year-old boy has died after a 20-foot tall dead tree trunk fell on him in Howell.
The incident occurred on Thursday (Sept. 26) at 3:30 p.m. at the Howell Nature Center.
Officials say the area was remote in the back of the park.
The 12-year-old boy was transported on the ground to the Parker Middle School, where a survival flight helicopter flew him to Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor.
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