Self-Made Igloo Collapses On Dad, 7-Year-Old Son; Child Dead
In an unfortunate incident, a boy in eastern Switzerland died after a self-made igloo collapsed on him.
Around 11 a.m. (5 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, the 7-year-old boy and his father, whose identities were not known, were buried by snow after a homemade igloo collapsed on them. The incident took place in Tarasp, Graubünden.
A while later, the father managed to free himself and started calling out for help. After looking for the boy for 15 minutes, the man and another person managed to find him. The father was able to free himself from the snow masses and looked for the boy together with third parties. They found the boy around a quarter of an hour after the igloo collapsed, a statement by the police said.