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Fred Smith

Story Created: May 13, 2008 at 7:46 AM CDT

Story Updated: May 13, 2008 at 8:21 AM CDT

HINTON, Okla. (AP) - Canadian County Sheriff Lewis Hawkins says a 9-year-old boy was killed when a sand pile he was tunneling through collapsed on him. Hawkins says Dawsen Wissinger died in the accident at Hinton. Hawkins says investigators will interview the child's parents and three other children who were present when the tunnel collapse to determine if there was any negligence involved in the death.

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