Parents of WNY teen who died in sledding accident: She was protecting her 3-year-old cousin
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
The Western N.Y. teen who died in a sledding accident Saturday morning sacrificed her life to save her 3-year-old cousin, her parents said.
Renee Hill, 16, died Saturday morning at Clyde L Burmaster Park in the town of Lewiston in Niagara County. She was riding down a hill at the park in a tube sled with her three-year-old, male cousin when she hit a tree at the bottom of the hill.
“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,” her mother, Alexis Kraft told WKBW TV in Buffalo.
A 16-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero for giving her life to save her 3-year-old cousin as they slammed into a tree at the bottom of a popular sledding hill.
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A 16-year-old girl was killed on Saturday in a sledding accident in upstate New York that also injured a 3-year-old boy, according to the Niagara County Sheriff s Office.
In a press release, the sheriff s office said they received a 911 call shortly after 10 a.m. local time about an accident on the sledding hill at the Clyde L. Burmaster Park in the Town of Lewiston. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Upon arrival, members of the Town of Lewiston Police Department and the sheriff s office found the teenager and the toddler at the scene after the accident.
A 16-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero for giving her life to save her 3-year-old cousin as they slammed into a tree at the bottom of a popular sledding hill.