GREECE, N.Y. – Police say a 10-year-old boy in western New York has died from his injuries after being trapped in a snowbank near his home.
Police in the town of Greece say Cory Denoncourt was building snow forts with a friend at an apartment complex Wednesday when the snowbank he was playing on collapsed.
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Several children from the apartment complex helped pull him out, while another child ran for help.
Police say the boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died Thursday night.
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Greece school officials say a crisis team will be available Friday at Denoncourt’s elementary school.
Police are urging children to use caution when playing on big piles of snow and to never play alone.
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