BUNNELL -- A 3-year-old boy was killed after being struck in the head by a tree cut by his 12-year-old brother mid-morning Friday, Flagler County deputies said.
The toddler, Joseph Demillo, was in his grandfather's yard on County Road 304 in western Flagler County when his older brother was cutting down a dead tree that was 6-inches thick. The little boy apparently wandered into the path of the falling tree and was struck in the head by a branch, deputies said of the 9:55 a.m. accident.
The boy was rushed by his grandfather to the intersection of County Road 304 and U.S. 1 where a Flagler County ambulance picked him up and transported him to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
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