Authorities say the child was playing in a backyard when the windy weather snapped a tree limb.
A 12-year-old boy is dead after a tree fell on him while he was playing with a friend in his backyard, authorities said.
The incident occurred at approximately 12:09 p.m. on Monday when officers from the Lawrence Township Police Department in New Jersey responded to the 100 block of Eldridge Avenue in regard to a "report of a tree that had fallen on a 12-year-old male," according to a statement from the Lawrence Township Police Department early Tuesday morning.
Investigators subsequently determined that Schwartz was playing with a friend in his backyard when the tree was "blown over by gusty winds, striking the juvenile and causing fatal injuries," according to authorities.
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