Parker County 12 year old Killed during Pool Construction

Parker County Sheriff’s investigators are investigating the death of a 12-year-old boy on Friday afternoon, July 24.

Sheriff Larry Fowler said the incident occurred in the 100 block of Coronado Bend in Azle shortly after 1 p.m. in Covered Bridge Estates.

The victim was reportedly playing with his 8-year-old brother on a construction site, where an American Gunite Co. crew was installing an in-ground residential pool.

Sheriff’s investigators interviewed the 8-year-old, who told them he climbed into the bed of the truck to play in the sand and the victim climbed in after him. He said they had been playing for a few minutes before the victim was buried under the sand.

Workers said they noticed the hose used to pump the sand mixture to the site had clogged and shut the mixer off before they went to investigate. One worker found the 8-year-old buried to his waist in the bed of the truck and asked what he was doing and where his brother was at. The boy pointed to the back of the truck where his brother was.

Workers said they immediately grabbed shovels to dig the boys out and called 9-1-1. They performed CPR on the victim until paramedics arrived on scene. The siblings were taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth by ground ambulance. The 12-year old was later pronounced dead. The 8-year-old suffered a broken leg.