Child Killed By Playground Gate

METHUEN, Mass. — Timothy Dileo, 11, was killed Monday and his brother Andrew, 8, was critically injured in an accident while riding bikes at the Tenney School on Pleasant Street in Methuen. At around 3:30 p.m. a large gate from an iron fence fell on four children as they were riding their bicycles on the school grounds. A third brother, 13-year-old Steven, was slightly injured and Brandon Leport, 13, was unhurt. The school was closed for the Labor Day holiday.

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