California 7-year-old dies in freak sledding accident near Palm Springs
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California Highway Patrol.Chris Carlson / AP
A 7-year-old boy died in a freak sledding accident in the mountains near Palm Springs Sunday.
Michael Rigg was sledding in the mountain town of Idyllwild-Pine Cove Sunday afternoon when he accidentally collided with a 2020 Ford Transit cargo van.
According to the Desert Sun in Palm Springs, the boy sledded down a driveway and slid under the van, sustaining severe injuries in the crash.
He and his family was visiting friends in Pine Cove from Beaumont, a town about 25 miles east of Riverside.