7-Year-Old Boy Dies After Fall From Truck Hauling Scrap Metal

MADISON TWP. (WWJ/AP) - Authorities say a 7-year-old boy has died after falling from the bed of a pickup truck filled with scrap metal in southern Michigan.

The Lenawee County sheriff's department said Ethan Halter was riding in the bed of the truck with his 10-year-old brother on Monday night in Madison Township when he fell and struck his head on the pavement. He was taken to a hospital in Toledo, Ohio, where he died.

The truck was leaving a driveway at the time the boy fell, according to reports, and a trailer being hauled by the truck was also filled with scrap metal.

Police said the pickup was driven by an Adrian man, the boys' 33-year-old father. The death is under investigation.

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