6-year-old boy dies after wall fell onto him, police say

PITTSBURGH — A child died after a retaining wall fell on him outside a home in Pittsburgh’s Larimer neighborhood Saturday night.

It happened around 6:45 p.m. on Carver Street. When medics got there, they found the boy -- Kaimar Buchanan-Fuller -- underneath a three-foot cinder block wall on the front porch.

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The 6-year-old was rushed to Children’s Hospital, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving there.

Police are investigating what caused the wall to collapse onto him.

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