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State Police Investigating Death of 5-Year-Old in
Town of Croghan
Published: January 27, 2025
at 04:30 p.m.
By: Media Release
from New York State Police
State Police
investigate death in the town of Croghan
On January 26,
2025, at about 1:35 p.m., State Police responded to Second Road in the town
of Croghan for an unconscious five-year-old.
When patrols
arrived, they found Silas J. Moser, age 5, from Carthage, NY,
stuck under a hay bale inside of a barn. Life-saving measures from members
of Beaver Falls Ambulance were performed.
Moser was
transported to Lewis County Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
The preliminary
investigation has determined that the hay bale fell on top of Moser,
trapping him. An autopsy is scheduled to determine an official cause of
death.
The investigation
is ongoing.
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