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Falling boat kills Western Alaska toddler

A 3-year-old child was killed Saturday in the Western Alaska village of Lower Kalskag when a skiff propped against a home fell on her, Alaska State Troopers said.

In an online dispatch, troopers wrote that the girl was playing on a 16-foot skiff, which was leaning on a home, when it fell over and on her.

The toddler was taken to the Lower Kalskag clinic but life-saving measures undertaken there were unsuccessful and the child was pronounced dead at 3:20 p.m., troopers said.

Troopers said they do not suspect foul play.

The toddler's body was taken to the State Medical Examiner Office for an autopsy.

Megan Edge

Megan Edge is a former reporter for Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News.

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