A 6-year-old boy has died after a tree fell onto his family’s home at Chester, Virginia, on Friday.
The tree came crashing into their mobile home at the spot where the boy slept.
The powerful winds, fueled by a strong nor’easter, has downed trees and knocked out power for many across Friday and the weekend in Virginia.
“She [Anthony’s mom] got the girls out. She tried to get the tree off of Anthony by herself and she just couldn’t do it,” Anthony’s grandmother, Dawn Summerfield, told WTVR. “She’s guilt ridden. She said, ‘I just couldn’t get it off of him, I tried.’”
Rescue crews pulled the boy out of the mobile home before he was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries.
Hamilton died at the hospital later that morning.
“I saw his face and it wasn’t moving,” neighbor Jeffrey Bustillo told WTVR.
The tree also damaged the Bustillo’s family home, but there were no injuries.
“If it fell in the middle of the trailer, I don’t know if I would be standing here right now,” Bustillo told the network.
According to WT$VR, Summerfield called her grandson selfless, bright, and a shining light.
“He’s your typical six-year-old he loves race cars, minions, anything to do with video games,“ Summerfield told WTVR. ”He’s got the biggest heart of any six-year-old you’ll ever meet.”
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