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Parents Sue School When 8 Year Old Boy Died Due To Flew Off Playground Slide
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Parents Sue School When 8 Year Old Boy Died Due To Flew Off Playground Slide

A Utah family is suing a local school district over the death of their 8-year-old son, who died after falling down a slide at a playground during recess. According to allegations made in a lawsuit, Dallin Cunningham was playing on "a corkscrew-style slide" at Rose Springs Elementary School in Stansbury Park on February 6, 2023, when he "fell out of the slide approximately 7 feet above the ground And fell". The suit was filed earlier this week in Third Judicial District Court by his parents, Timothy and Katherine Cunningham. The young boy "suffered serious injuries, including a fatal blow to his head" after falling onto the "frozen rock-hard" surface below, according to court documents uploaded by CBS affiliate KUTV. Dallin was eventually taken to a local hospital, where he was later ...
Chinese Student Missing in Utah
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Chinese Student Missing in Utah

A high school foreign exchange student was declared missing in Utah on Friday after his parents in China found a ransom note with the boy's photo, police said. Kai Zhuang, 17, who lives in Riverdale, Utah, 34 miles north of Salt Lake City, was last seen Thursday morning as he walked to school. "The parents informed school officials that they received a photo of their child that appeared to indicate that he had been kidnapped and they demanded ransom," Riverdale Police Chief Casey Warren said at a news conference. The school contacted the police department regarding a possible kidnapping at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Zhuang's host parents told police that they were unaware of the student's disappearance, claiming that they had seen him the day before and heard him in t...