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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Boy, 11, Dies In Hospital Weeks After Becoming Injured In Collapsed Dirt Tunnel

CBS Los Angeles

SAN DIEGO (CBS) — Tragedy struck when two 11-year-old boys in Temecula were doing what they loved.

Anthony Fowler and his best friend, Tyler Brown, were playing outside, digging caves in the dirt, when the soil collapsed on them in a dry riverbank at Long Canyon Creek Park.

Anthony had been laying down in his cave and was buried. Tyler managed to break free and go get help.

An emergency crew arrived and, with the help of some passersby, extracted Anthony from the dirt and revived him with CPR.

Anthony spent weeks in a San Diego hospital, his brain no longer functioning and his body shutting down.
Read more: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/02/16/boy-11-dies-in-hospital-weeks-after-becoming-injured-in-collapsed-dirt-tunnel/

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