Mukilteo boy, 10, killed in 'awful accident' when iron church gate falls on him

MUKILTEO, Wash. -- A 10-year-old Everett-area boy was killed Thursday when a heavy wrought iron gate at a church fell on him and he suffered a major head injury, the Mukilteo Fire Department said.

The department said it believes it was just "awful accident."

The accident occurred at the Sulamita Slavic Pentecostal Church in the 12400 block of Evergreen Drive in Mukilteo.

Assistant Mukilteo Fire Chief Brian McMahan talked to reporters in this video:

Paramedics arrived at about 4:31 p.m. to find the boy on the ground and a bystander performing CPR on him. He was taken to the paramedic unit and pronounced dead shortly afterward the fire department said.

It's not known what the boy was doing when the fence fell on him. No other details were immediately released.