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11-year-old boy dies after tree falls on cabin at summer Bible camp

GRAND FORKS, B.C. – The B-C Coroners Service has identified an 11-year-old boy who was crushed to death by a falling tree at a summer camp.

He is Richard Fehr of Christina Lake, and he was attending a summer session at Pines Bible Camp north of Grand Forks when a windstorm hit last Friday.

Many trees came down, including one that hit the boy’s cabin.

The Coroners Service is investigating his death.

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