Boy, 11, Killed When Hillside Collapses; 3 Friends Uninjured
A hillside where several youngsters were playing gave way, killing an 11-year-old boy and leaving a friend buried up to his waist, deputies said.
The accident occurred Tuesday evening as the boys dug a hole on the side of a 50-foot bluff, Sgt. George Miller of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday.
Jose Ayala was killed; three friends, all between the ages of 9 and 11, were uninjured. One of the children was buried up to his waist, but his friends dug him out, Miller said.
It was unknown why the soil gave way, Miller added.
Blythe is about 220 miles east of Los Angeles, near the Arizona border.
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