Child pulled into wood chipper and killed

[Al Bundy]

http://www.wfsb.com/story/17373127/s...g-wood-chipper

SALEM, CT (WFSB) -

A 6-year-old child in Salem was killed Tuesday morning after being pulled into a wood chipper, officials said.

Connecticut State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance said the boy was outside with his siblings helping his father clear brush and grind trees from a neighbor's yard at the time of the incident.

The boy has been identified as Jeffrey Bourgeois, a first-grader at Salem School

"The young child attempted to assist his father. When the father's back was turned, he picked a branch trying to feed it into the chipper when in fact he was pulled into the chipper," Vance said.

The boy's father owns C&S Tree Service and was on a job on Brookside Drive when the accident occurred.

Brookside Drive has been closed so emergency officials could investigate what happened.

Investigators said the boy's father and mother, Scott and Coreen Bourgeois, and their two other children are well known in the tight-knit community.

The first person to come to the family's aid was Salem Fire Chief Gene Mairorano, who is a neighbor.

"Basically we're getting counseling for the family. I was first on the scene and kept everyone away," he said.

Police said their investigation into the accident is not criminal, but state police want to make sure every aspect of the accident is investigated properly. The wood chipper was hauled away from the accident scene to be examined.

Salem School Superintendent H. Kaye Griffin said the district is in "emergency crisis intervention mode" and counseling is available to students as well as faculty.

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I can't even imagine......

[Brando]

Does this tree service offer organic compost? I want to grow some blood oranges.


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[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by Thig Lyfe

If this had happened in Tree of Life, maybe fewer people would think it was a boring movie.

I liked Tree of Life

[JOhn]

Now had this been titled "ex-wife falls in a wood chipper" that shit would be funny

[Skyy God]

Of course a Bourgeois couldn't handle power tools.

Originally Posted by suzzer99

In the future can we possibly make the thread title something "something horrible happens to a child" for those of us who really don't want to read these kinds of threads or have mental images of them just by looking at the front page?

I was expecting distribution pictures when I clicked in, actually.

[Bwana]

Ouch!

[DJ's left nut]

So did the paramedics bring a rake?

(Seriously - why bother with an ambulance on scene? A shop-vac and a pickup truck would've probably been sufficient)

[tooge]

Orrrrr, we could just merge the two threads. Girl, 6, chopped up in woodchipper. Cleanup is a breeze, as she is simply sucked down a faulty pool drain.

[Thig Lyfe]

The mom is reported to have said, "At least we finally have a use for that damn Roomba we bought."

[SPchief]

I'm sure the dad is in pieces over this.

[Brando]

Accident was to be expected. Kid was all over the place.

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[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by 3 4

Lokks lie that family tree stumps us.

Lokks lie the English language stumps you.

[SLAG]

The situation is terrible

the jokes are to be expected / some are funny as hell.. but its not like I am getting wood over them

[Brando]

Originally Posted by SLAG

The situation is terrible

the jokes are to be expected / some are funny as hell.. but its not like I am getting wood over them

If you don't like them leaf.

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