Teen Dies at YMCA Camp

The YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh confirming that a 15-year-old boy died after a fall at a wilderness camp in Somerset County.

The teen boy was attending Teen Wilderness Camp through YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer in Beaver County. Campers from that location were on an outing near YMCA Deer Valley Camp in Fort Hill, which is in Somerset County. It was near the Deer Valley Camp where the teen was critically injured.

He was airlifted to Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center where he died.

According to a statement: Officials from the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh are on site, and staff from both Deer Valley Camp and Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer are working with authorities in their investigation.

The wilderness camp has been canceled for the rest of the week, and counseling was being offered to campers and staff, the officials said..

The identity of the camper was not disclosed and neither were details about what happened.


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