CRUM, W.Va. (WSAZ/Gray News) – A family is grieving the loss of an 11-year-old boy who passed away in a side-by-side crash that firemens in West Virginia call a freak mishap including an animal dog.
Firefighters state the 11-year-old boy and his 12-year-old bro had actually been going to family in the Crum location for a couple of days. They had actually been preparing yourself to go home when the 11-year-old said he wished to go on another flight on a side-by-side vehicle, according to Wayne Williamson, assistant chief of the Kermit Volunteer Fire Department.
Williamson says the siblings were riding the side-by-side a little after 2:30 p.m. Monday with the family dog. It was being driven by the 18-year-old sweetheart of their cousin, WSAZ reports.
“All the kids that was in the side-by-side are great kids,” Williamson said.
Williamson says he was informed the dog leapt down onto the floorboard and stepped on the gas pedal. The side-by-side then went off the roadway and over an embankment.
“Who would have ever thought a house dog would jump down in the floorboard of a side-by-side and do that?” he said.
Williamson says a lady and teenage lady, who is a cousin of the victim, were riding an all-terrain vehicle ahead of the young boys when the crash took place. There’s no cell service in the location, however they went to their neighboring home to call 911.
When emergency situation responders got here, the 11-year-old was dead. The 12-year-old and 18-year-old were required to the medical facility with non-life threatening injuries.
“It’s just heartbreaking for everybody,” Williamson said. “Everybody involved needs all the prayers they can get.”
He says the dog suffered small injuries in the occurrence.
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