8-Year-Old Marine Park Boy Dies After Being Struck By Falling Flower Pot
UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY: 8 year old Brooklyn boy fatally injured after concrete plant holder fell on him. Neighbors tried to save him @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/GSIwE5do01
— Ayana Harry PIX11 (@AyanaHarry) April 28, 2017
An 8-year-old boy in Marine Park died last night after he was hit in the head by a falling flower pot, said cops.
Officers found Kevin Reilly unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to the head at 2224 Ryder Street near Avenue U, around 5:30pm on Thursday, April 27, said cops.
Reilly had been climbing up the walls of his home, when he offset the balancing flower pot, said cops.
Emergency workers rushed him to Coney Island Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation is ongoing, said cops.
This morning, the home in Marine Park is reportedly still crowded with news cameras, according to some angry neighbors on twitter:
@ABC7NY please leave this family in Marine Park to grieve!! You have your story!
— Kim Molfetta (@KimMolfetta) April 28, 2017
@abc7ny you need to leave Marine Park. You got your story and now it’s time go. It is disgraceful that you are still here.
— Grace Handibode (@GHandibode) April 28, 2017
We extend our deepest sympathies to Kevin Reilly’s family and friends during this terrible tragedy.