Boy dies after tree falls on him at Md. camp

AP News | 2009-12-31 17:46:14

<div id="subtitle">Pa. boy, 9, dies from injuries 2 days after tree falls on him at Maryland nature camp</div><div><p>A 9-year-old Pennsylvania boy has died two days after a tree fell on him at a nature camp in Maryland.</p><p>Carroll County spokeswoman Vivian Laxton says Noah Asid of Hanover, Pa., died Thursday morning at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore.</p><p>Noah was among 60 fourth- and fifth-graders participating in a three-day nature camp at the county-run Hashawha (huh-SHOU'-a) Environmental Center north of Westminster. The campers were preparing for a hike Tuesday morning when the tree fell. A 10-year-old girl was also injured, but not seriously.</p><p>Laxton says the boy's family is asking for privacy.</p><p>The county sheriff's office is still investigating what caused the tree to fall and brought in an arborist to inspect it Wednesday.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=66181839&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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