A boy suffered serious injuries on Friday when he was hit by a tree while walking home from school in New Hampshire, police said.
Kyle Murray, 12, was walking on North Main Street in Boscawen, N.H., when the tree fell and pinned him to the ground.
“Kyle was pinned by a spruce tree that fell from the high winds directly on top of him,” Boscawen police wrote on Facebook on Saturday. “Kyle suffered major injuries and is currently in a medically induced coma.”
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Police shared a link to a GoFundMe page created to raise money for Kyle and his family.
“We pray that Kyle has a speedy recovery,” police wrote.
According to the GoFundMe page, Kyle was walking home from his bus stop when the accident occurred. He was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to Boston Children’s Hospital.
“Kyle is now in a medically induced coma with two small brain bleeds, swelling of the brain, a spleen laceration, multiple fractured ribs, a broken pelvis, severed arteries in his pelvis, bleeding in his bladder, a broken ankle, and fluid in his abdomen,” the GoFundMe page states. “He is on several medications to keep him stable. There are several anticipated surgeries, and a long road to recovery ahead of him.”
On Monday, Kyle’s mother, Danielle Murray, posted an update on the fundraising page.
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“Kyle is doing great things today!” she wrote. “Responding to the music I play for him, letting me know with head shakes his approval or disapproval or indifference at times. He nearly pulled me over on top of him at one point while he held my hand and then pulled me tightly toward him. He has shown me his beautiful blue eyes a few times, once real wide when I played the oogie boogie song from nightmare before Christmas and raising [his] eyebrows at me. I want to thank everyone for everything.”
Emily Sweeney can be reached at emily.sweeney@globe.com. Follow her @emilysweeney and on Instagram @emilysweeney22.
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