A 12-year-old boy was buried under a pile of snow for several minutes on Tuesday morning as neighbours and a plow driver frantically worked to dig him out.
Posted Feb 17, 2021, 05:34AM EST
A 12-year-old boy was buried under a pile of snow for several minutes on Tuesday morning as neighbours and a plow driver frantically worked to dig him out.
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It happened around 9:30 a.m. at Julie Payette Public School in Whitby.
Police say the boy and a girl around the same age were playing near a fence on school property. On the other side of the fence, a snowplow was clearing the laneway of an adjacent townhouse development.
At one point the weight of the plowed snow toppled the fence, completely burying the boy. The girl, who was only partially buried, suffered minor injuries.
Neighbours heard the plow driver calling for help and quickly ran out and began digging him out.
One neighbour, a man named Noel, estimated the boy was buried between five and ten minutes.
A 12-year old boy has been taken to a trauma centre after he was buried in snow on the grounds of Julie Payette P.S. in Whitby. The snow came from a plow working on private property beside the school fence. Durham Police officers performed CPR. @680NEWS pic.twitter.com/4lJAPBq3i6
— Mark Douglas (@DouglasCityNews) February 16, 2021
Officers performed CPR on the boy before paramedics rushed him to hospital.
“We received information that the injuries were caused by snow that had been pushed by a snowplow,” said Const. Conrad Wong.
“Paramedics arrived on scene and provided treatment to the young girl. The young boy was subsequently transported to a local hospital and is receiving treatment for serious injuries.”
There are no updates on his condition.
The Ministry of Labour is investigating.
The incident comes on the first day pandemic restrictions and a stay-at-home order was eased in most Ontario health units as the province moves forward with its gradual reopening plan.
Durham entered Ontario’s “Red-Control” zone as a result, joining several other health units.
