Boy dies after ‘igloo’ collapses

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy died in Switzerland after a homemade igloo collapsed on him and his father, police have said.

The accident happened on Tuesday in Tarasp in the southeast of the country. Police in the canton of Graubünden said the collapse had buried the boy and his father under snow.

The father was able to extract himself, and searched for his son with help from others. The boy was found after about 15 minutes and flown to a hospital in Chur, where he died.