Three young brothers died after falling into an icy pond in Fannin County, Texas, during a winter storm. The mother attempted to rescue them, and a local coach also tried to help. The local school district expressed heartbreak and is providing support to the family.
Three young brothers died after falling into an icy pond in Fannin County during a winter storm , according to the Bonham Fire Department. This is the second fatal accident involving students in North Texas this week.
The Bonham Fire Department confirmed three elementary students died after falling into a freezing pond in Bonham, about 60 miles northeast of Dallas. While specific details regarding the accident have not been released, relatives told FOX 4 the victims were brothers: 6-year-old Howard, 8-year-old Kaleb and 9-year-old EJ.The boys' mother, Cheyenne Hangaman, spoke with FOX 4 about the desperate attempt to save her sons on Monday. She said the youngest brother, Howard, went underwater first and his older brothers jumped in to help him."I started running toward the pond and I jumped in. I tried to save them while also trying to keep myself alive," Hangaman said. "As soon as I jumped in, I locked up. I couldn’t do anything."Hangaman said a local high school football coach also tried to help the boys out of the freezing water. The mother, who had followed her sons in, eventually had to be pulled out by a neighbor."It was one of me and three of them, and they all needed me at one time. I just couldn’t... I couldn’t save them," she said.The superintendent of Bonham ISD sent a letter to parents Monday expressing the district’s heartbreak. The letter stated the district is "devastated by this unimaginable loss" and is working to provide support for the family.Through her grief, Hangaman shared memories of her sons' distinct personalities."My oldest one, EJ—he didn’t care about nothing but football and getting his haircut. He wanted to play sports," she said. "Kaleb’s personality was out of this world; he was the sweetest boy I ever met. And Howard... he was just goofy. He would liven the party. He was the first one who went in and the other boys tried to save him. That’s how they ended up in there."The fire chief is expected to provide an official update on the investigation later today.A GoFundMe account has been set up to support the family with memorial costs.The tragedy in Bonham follows a fatal sledding accident in Frisco on Sunday. The community is mourning the loss of 16-year-old Elizabeth Angle, a sophomore and soccer player at Wakeland High School.Angle and another teenage girl were being pulled on a sled by a 16-year-old boy driving a Jeep when the sled hit a curb and crashed into a tree. Angle died at the scene. The second girl remains on life support.Friends and family have created a memorial at the scene of the crash."Life is so precious. Just like that, everything can just be over," said Nathaniel Lisotta, a freshman at Wakeland.The school is preparing to honor Angle during second period when classes resume. Frisco police are currently investigating the crash.
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