Two Children Hurt in Roof Collapse Near Boyd
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 -- 8:21 AM
-Two children were seriously hurt on a farm near Boyd when snow caused a roof to collapse over the weekend.The accident happened Saturday afternoon on 320th Street near Boyd. According to the Chippewa County Sheriff?s Department, 7-year-old Norma Nolt and her brother, 10-year-old Nelson Nolt, were sitting on top of a skid steer in a silo room, when snow fell from the barn onto the silo room roof, causing into to collapse.
The children were pinned underneath the large beams of the roof and their father used another skid steer to life the beams and free them when he discovered the accident about 10 minutes after it happened.
The children were sent to an Eau Claire hospital and then later transferred to a hospital in Rochester, Minnesota where they are in serious condition.
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