Boy killed by tombstone was helping his father

Boy killed by tombstone was helping his father

park city, utah

A 4-year-old Utah boy was helping his father by trying to make other children smile for a picture when a 6-foot-tall tombstone that weighed hundreds of pounds fell on the boy and killed him at a historic cemetery, family members and friends said.

Carson Dean Cheney was with his family in the resort town of Park City on Thursday evening when the headstone toppled onto him after some metal connecting it to its pedestal broke, his grandmother Geri Gibbs told The Associated Press.

The boy’s father, Zac Cheney, does photography in his spare time and was taking portraits of another family at the Glenwood Cemetery, said Curtis Morley, a co-worker and family friend.

Morley said some of the children being photographed were not being responsive, so Carson tried to help his dad by pretending to be leprechaun and making them laugh. The boy went behind a tombstone and was poking his head out from behind it when it fell on him.

Flooding kills 103 in southern Russia

moscow

Intense flooding in the Black Sea region of southern Russia killed 103 people after torrential rains dropped nearly a foot of water, forcing many to scramble out of their beds for refuge in trees and on roofs, officials said Saturday.

Many people were asleep when the flooding hit overnight in the Krasnodar region, and the water rushed into the area around the hard-hit town of Krimsk with such speed and volume that rumors emerged that local officials had opened a nearby water reservoir.

5 injured in Spain’s running of the bulls

pamplona, spain

One thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and four others slightly injured as thousands of adrenaline-fueled runners raced ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona in the first running of the bulls of this year’s San Fermin festival, officials said Saturday.

One youth got the top of his shirt caught on a bull’s horn, inches from his face, and was dragged several yards along the ground, but was seen to get up and run away. The gored runner, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital and four others were treated for cuts and bruises, said Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba.

Hurricane Daniel moves westward over Pacific

miami

Forecasters say Hurricane Daniel is moving westward over open waters in the Pacific and poses no threat to land.

The National Hurricane Center said early Saturday that Daniel had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph and was moving westward at 12 mph. The center said Daniel was a Category 1 hurricane but posed no threat to land.

Students march against Mexico’s election result

mexico city

Thousands of protesters marched in Mexico’s capital Saturday to protest Enrique Pena Nieto’s apparent win in the country’s presidential election, accusing his long-ruling party of buying votes.

The protesters accused Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party of giving out bags of groceries, pre-paid gift cards and other goods to voters ahead of July 1 national elections.

Physician dies at 102

chicago

Dr. Joseph Kirsner, a pioneer in the field of digestive system disorders, died from kidney failure at his home in Chicago on Saturday. He was 102.

University of Chicago Medical Center spokesman John Easton said the well-known physician published more than 750 research papers and 18 books, and was the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine at the university.

Kirsner was among the first to show the increased risk of colon cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis. He broke new ground in the understanding and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Associated Press