An 11-year-old Texas boy died Monday after he was accidentally impaled on an iron fence at a Fort Worth apartment complex, WFAA reported.
According to police, the boy, who had not been identified, was one of several minors who climbed a fence to access a locked pool area at Ladera Palms Apartments, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. When security officers told the youths to leave, they ran away and climbed a fence, the newspaper reported.
Police said the child "possibly lost his footing and was accidentally impaled by the iron fence," according to KTVT.
The boy was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:05 p.m., the television station reported.
Officials at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's office have not yet declared a cause of death, WFAA reported.
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