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Jun 02, 2026

Boy dies days after struck by a falling tree in Kansas City

Posted Jun 02, 2026 11:00 AM

Kansas City —A child critically injured in an accident in Kansas City, Missouri has died.

Just after 10a.m. May 27, a Kansas City emergency crews responded to a reported tree down on a child in the area of 68th and NW Waukomis, according to KCFD Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins.

First responders reported the child that had been struck by a tree that had fallen and that the child was in critical condition. KCFD units transported the child to Children's Mercy emergency in critical condition. 

Police confirmed the 5-year-old boy died over the weekend after being on life support. The incident remains under investigation.