Boy killed in Cumberland ATV accident
An 11-year-old Hope Mills boy died Sunday evening after being injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident while visiting friends south of Fayetteville, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
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Ayed Alsaiti was riding an ATV when the child driving it lost control and crashed at 6501 Lake Barbour Road, said Debbie Tanna, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. A person flagged down a passing Fayetteville police officer, who performed CPR on the boy, but he died at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center.
Ayed was not wearing a helmet, authorities said.
His body will be sent to the Office of the State Medical Examiner in Chapel Hill for an autopsy.
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