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Leopold Mercer: Boy, 4, killed instantly after concrete post collapsed on him while playing with friend
HANBURY, ENGLAND: A four-year-old boy was killed instantly when a heavy brick post fell on him, an inquest heard. The child had reportedly started school only a few weeks before the tragic incident.
Leopold Mercer was swinging on an iron gate in his backyard after soccer practice with a friend when the concrete pillar collapsed on September 18 at their home in Hanbury, Worcestershire. The boy's parents, university professors Eva Frickel and Jason Mercer, heard the other child yell "Leo" and immediately knew something was wrong, Worcestershire Coroner's Court heard.
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