Boy Scout Camper Killed by Falling Totem Pole

[lizzygo]

Boy Scout Camper Killed by Falling Totem Pole

Monday , June 18, 2007

 

 

 

LOYSVILLE, Pa.

 

A 13-foot totem pole fell and struck a boy on the first day of Boy Scout camp, killing the 9-year-old, police said Monday.

 

Tyler O. Shope, of Shermans Dale, died of head and chest injuries Sunday afternoon, Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis said.

 

The boy's parents were nearby when the pole fell, and his father helped lift it off him, Shalonis said. No one else was injured.

 

Campers were arriving at the Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp near Loysville, about 25 miles northwest of Harrisburg, for a week of camping, police said.

 

The boy was waiting outside the camp's health lodge to have his health records reviewed at the time of the accident, officials said.

 

 

[John-in-KC]

Uhhh, the horse may not be dead, but we've beaten it as we plowed this ground already:

 

http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=159851

 

Do we really need to finish killing this horse in the Cub Scout Forum?

[lizzygo]

The scout who died was a Cub Scout, A Weblos 1 according to news reports.