Ohio 13-year-old dies after falling from trailer throughout Memorial Day parade

LEADING THE WAY. CLEAR SKIES, COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES MAKE THIS MEMORIAL DAY PERFECT FOR COOKOUTS, PARADES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PAYING TRIBUTE TO OUR HEROES IN UNIFORM. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL. AND I’M STEVEN ALBRITTON HERE WITH METEOROLOGIST KATIE DONOVAN, WHO HAS THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF YOUR MEMORIAL DAY. KATIE. BEHIND YOU, DOWN THERE ON THE STREETS. TASTE OF CINCINNATI. LOOKS LIKE PEOPLE ARE HAVING A GOOD TIME. ABSOLUTELY. AND LOOK AT ALL THAT SUNSHINE, TOO. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. YOU’VE GOT A LIGHT BREEZE AS WE HEAD OUT TODAY. AND AGAIN, PRETTY DECENT TEMPERATURES HERE AS WE HEAD THROUGH THIS NOON HOUR IN THE MIDDLE 60S. RIGHT NOW, YOUR FORECAST FOR TASTE OF CINCINNATI CONTINUES TO BRING THE 60S AT LEAST THROUGH AROUND 2:00, 3:00. AND THEN I THINK OUR HIGHS REACH BACK TO THE LOWER 70S. GOING TO NOTICE A COUPLE MORE CLOUDS COMING IN THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE AFTERNOON AND THEN THROUGH 8:00, 9:00 TONIGHT, UPPER 60S AND SKIES AT THAT POINT IN THE DAY SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY. SO OUR TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, 67 DEGREES FEELS REALLY NICE OUTSIDE. YOU HAVE 65 IN LOVELAND HIGH AT 65, 65 IN FLORENCE. AND INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE 60 SOUTH OF 7175 SPLIT AND SOME LOWER 60S IN WILMINGTON AND IN HILLSBORO. AND HIGHS FOR EVERYBODY REACHING INTO THE LOWER 70S TODAY. AND I THINK MORE ABUNDANT SUNSHINE HERE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP WITH THAT. RAIN WILL BE RETURNING TOMORROW. I’M GOING TO BREAK DOWN OUR WEATHER IMPACT DAY. COMING UP GUYS, BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT KATIE THANK YOU. AND AS WE MARK MEMORIAL DAY, EVENTS ARE PLANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND HERE AT HOME TO HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR OUR COUNTRY. HAPPENING NOW. SPRING GROVE CEMETERY IS HOSTING ITS ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY TRADITION TO HONOR CIVIL WAR VETERANS. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL WHELAN JOINS US LIVE FROM THERE. RACHEL. HEY, GUYS. THE CEREMONY JUST WRAPPED UP HERE. IT WAS RUN BY THE SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR, A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF THESE SOLDIERS. LIKE I SAID, CEREMONY JUST WRAPPED UP, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ROSE PETALS WERE JUST LAID ON THESE GRAVES BY EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS A PRETTY BIG TURNOUT AS WELL. THERE’S EVEN SOME PEOPLE STILL LAYING SOME PETALS HERE. SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE VETERAN FAMILIES. OTHERS JUST TOTAL STRANGERS THAT WANTED TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS. WE MET TIM KESSLER TODAY FROM EVENDALE, WHO BROUGHT HIS KIDS OUT HERE TO THIS EVENT. THE GENERATIONS TEND TO FORGET US, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, GO BACK IN THE HISTORIES AND THEY LEARN IT IN CLASS AND TO TO SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, TIED INTO IT AND HAVE GONE THROUGH IT. IT’S IMPORTANT TO TO BE HERE FOR THAT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE’S A LOT OF PAIN AND AGONY BEHIND US THAT WE DON’T WANT TO REPEAT. THAT WAS THAT WAS TIM’S MOTHER, CAROL. SO MULTIPLE GENERATIONS FROM THAT FAMILY HERE TODAY, IF YOU WEREN’T ABLE TO MAKE THE CEREMONY, YOU CAN VISIT SPRING GROVE CEMETERY ANYTIME TODAY TO VISIT YOUR RESPECTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRESENTATION HERE GIVEN BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT 1230, A WALKING TOUR AT THE CIVIL WAR SECTION HERE AT 115, AND ANOTHER PLAYING OF THE TAPS AT 3:00. I’M REPORTING AT SPRING GROVE CEMETERY RACHEL WHELAN WLWT NEWS FIVE. YES, RACHEL, THANK YOU. AND WE’VE PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF PARADES, REMEMBRANCES AND MORE ACROSS GREATER CINCINNATI. YOU CAN FIND A MEMORIAL DAY EVENT NEAR YOU ONLINE. JUST SCAN THE QR CODE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO DRIVE HOME TODAY, EXPECT TO RUN INTO A LOT OF TRAFFIC. TRIPLE A SAYS A RECORD 1.7 MILLION OHIOANS ALONE TRAVELED OUT OF TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THEY ALL HAVE TO COME BACK. EXPERTS SAY THE ROADS WILL BE BUSIEST TODAY FROM 4 TO 7 P.M. THEY SAY IT’S BEST TO LEAVE BEFORE 2 P.M., SO YOU GOT A COUPLE HOURS HERE. YOU WILL SEE LOWER GAS PRICES IF YOU NEED TO FILL UP FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE AVERAGE COST FOR OUR THREE STATES. INDIANA IS CURRENTLY THE PRICIEST AT 322, KENTUCKY CHEAPEST AT 283, AND THEN OVER IN INDIANA OR HERE IN OHIO, IT’S GOING TO COST YOU $3 AND $0.05. SINCE MEMORIAL DAY IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, MANY BUSINESSES WILL BE CLOSED TODAY. IT INCLUDES COSTCO, WALGREENS, MOST NATIONAL RETAILERS LIKE TARGET, WALMART AND SAM’S CLUB WILL BE OPEN. HOWEVER, KEEP IN MIND, EVEN IF A STORE IS OPEN, THEY MIGHT HAVE ADJUSTED HOURS LIKE ALDI AND KROGER. NATIONAL DELIVERY SERVICES, USPS, UPS, FEDEX, THEY’RE ALL GOING TO BE CLOSED AND MAI

Ohio 13-year-old dies after falling from trailer throughout Memorial Day parade

Up to date: 3:56 PM EDT Could 26, 2025

An Ohio 13-year-old boy died Monday morning after falling from a trailer throughout a Memorial Day parade.In accordance with the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace, it occurred round 11:20 a.m. in the course of the Metropolis of Inexperienced’s Memorial Day Parade.Investigators mentioned the boy fell from a trailer that was getting used as a parade float. {The teenager} was then hit by the tires of the trailer.The boy was taken to Akron Metropolis Hospital and later died at Akron Youngsters’s Hospital.Officers confirmed to NBC affiliate WKYC that the boy attended North Canton Metropolis Colleges.The incident stays beneath investigation by the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace.

GREEN, Ohio —

An Ohio 13-year-old boy died Monday morning after falling from a trailer throughout a Memorial Day parade.

In accordance with the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace, it occurred round 11:20 a.m. in the course of the Metropolis of Inexperienced’s Memorial Day Parade.

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Investigators mentioned the boy fell from a trailer that was getting used as a parade float. {The teenager} was then hit by the tires of the trailer.

The boy was taken to Akron Metropolis Hospital and later died at Akron Youngsters’s Hospital.

Officers confirmed to NBC affiliate WKYC that the boy attended North Canton Metropolis Colleges.

The incident stays beneath investigation by the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace.