12-Year-Old Killed After Sledding Under Truck
Associated Press
SHAWNEE, Okla. —
A boy who marked his 12th birthday Christmas Day was killed when the cardboard he was using as a sled slid under the wheels of a tractor-trailer rig, authorities said.
Israel Steele and two other children were sledding on cardboard down a concrete embankment near a U.S. 177 access road Wednesday, Tecumseh Police Chief Gary Crosby said.
The truck driver told authorities he didn’t know the child was under the truck until he glanced out his side mirror.
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