Alexa Kraft, told
WKBW her daughter s first instinct was to protect her 3-year-old cousin after it was too late to avoid the tree.
“She had went down the hill. She had my 3-year-old nephew on with her. She saw the tree coming. Her first instinct was to put her foot down and flip the sled so my nephew wouldn t get hurt. She hit the tree. Her heart stopped on the way to the hospital,” Kraft said via
WKBW. Everyone s calling her a hero. But that was my baby, Kraft said via
WKBW.
The Niagara County Sheriff s Office confirmed it received a call of an accident at the park s sledding hill at around 10:00 a.m. in a statement obtained by