LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A child is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a tree fell on him at the Howell Nature Center on Thursday, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department says.
The department says deputies were dispatched to the Howell Nature Center after a tree fell on a 12-year-old boy at around 3:32 p.m.
The boy was visiting the Nature Center with a group from Our Lady of Victory Catholic Parish located in Northville, MI.
While one of the instructors was speaking to the group, a tree broke and landed on the boy.
After responders removed him from underneath the tree, he was transported via helicopter to a nearby hospital with what police say are life-threatening injuries.
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