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Police: Girl in hammock killed when pillar collapses
Police: Girl in hammock killed when pillar collapses
UPDATED 6:28 PM CDT May 17, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa —Authorities say a girl has died after a brick pillar collapsed onto a hammock at a Des Moines home Saturday. ... The accident happened at 11:43 a.m. at a home in the 3500 block of Lincoln Place Drive.
A police report shows the hammock was on the east side of the home. It had one end attached to a tree and other to a brick column with a light post. The column was about 5 feet high and made of bricks.
Eren Sagun told authorities that she was in the hammock when her sister, Peri, jumped into it causing the column to collapse. The bricks collapsed onto Peri Sagun's head. ... The girls' father attempted CPR and first aid until medics arrived. Peri was taken to Mercy Medical Center but died a short time later.
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Peri would have graduated from eighth grade next week. The school plans to give a diploma to her family, and to honor her at the graduation ceremony.
UPDATED 6:28 PM CDT May 17, 2016
DES MOINES, Iowa —Authorities say a girl has died after a brick pillar collapsed onto a hammock at a Des Moines home Saturday. ... The accident happened at 11:43 a.m. at a home in the 3500 block of Lincoln Place Drive.
A police report shows the hammock was on the east side of the home. It had one end attached to a tree and other to a brick column with a light post. The column was about 5 feet high and made of bricks.
Eren Sagun told authorities that she was in the hammock when her sister, Peri, jumped into it causing the column to collapse. The bricks collapsed onto Peri Sagun's head. ... The girls' father attempted CPR and first aid until medics arrived. Peri was taken to Mercy Medical Center but died a short time later.
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Peri would have graduated from eighth grade next week. The school plans to give a diploma to her family, and to honor her at the graduation ceremony.
Here's the obituary:
Peri Elise Sagun
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