Boy, 5, crushed to death by falling tree while playing outside as heartbroken family remember ‘bright smile and hugs’

A BOY has been crushed to death by a falling tree with his heartbroken family paying tribute.

Five-year-old Vince Kellerman was killed while playing outside in a creek in Kansas City when a tree uprooted and fell on him.

The young boy was rushed to the nearby Children’s Mercy Hospital and put on life support, but passed away a short time later.

A woman who witnessed the tragic accident at Line Creek Trail said the tree sounded like a “bomb going off,” when it smashed to the ground according to FOX4…

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