Latter-day Saint Life

4-Year-Old LDS Boy Crushed to Death by Tombstone, Jury Clears Cemetery

24718.jpg

MR says: Our hearts and prayers go out to the family of Carson Cheney, who was killed this past week while taking pictures with his family.

A jury found late Thursday that a Utah cemetery association was not negligent in the death of a 4-year-old boy who was crushed by a historic headstone, one of a handful of similar deaths around the country in recent years.

Jurors delivered their decision in a family lawsuit over the 2012 death of Carson Dean Cheney, who was hiding behind the 250-pound tombstone that fell while he took pictures with his family in Park City.

Lead image from Deseret News.
Share
Stay in the loop!
Enter your email to receive updates on our LDS Living content