BEECH GROVE, Texas — A GoFundMe has been launched to support the family of an 11-year-old boy who died after a UTV crash Tuesday evening in the Beech Grove community.

The Beech Grove Volunteer Fire Department said firefighters were dispatched around 6 p.m. to County Road 146 after reports of a UTV accident with a child trapped beneath the vehicle. Firefighters arrived to find the UTV on its side and the boy pinned underneath.

The 11-year-old boy has been identifed in the GoFundMe as Karsyn Slaydon.

With help from a home health nurse who was nearby, the firefighters lifted the UTV and freed the child, then began treatment until Allegiance Mobile Health — Jasper EMS arrived. The boy was rushed to Christus Jasper Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died, acco

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