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Falling totem pole kills boy at Pa. camp

The Associated Press

Article Last Updated: 06/18/2007 11:27:51 AM CDT

LOYSVILLE, Pa.—A 13-foot totem pole fell and struck a boy on the first day
of Boy Scout camp, killing the 9-year-old, police said Monday.

Tyler O. Shope, of Shermans Dale, died of head and chest injuries Sunday
afternoon, Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis said.

The boy's parents were nearby when the pole fell, and his father helped
lift it off him, Shalonis said. No one else was injured.

Campers were arriving at the Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp near Loysville,
about 25 miles northwest of Harrisburg, for a week of camping, police said.

The boy was waiting outside the camp's health lodge to have his health
records reviewed at the time of the accident, officials said.