Boy, 8, crushed by gate in North Las Vegas

By Sally Ho, Associated Press

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | 8:08 a.m.

Police say an 8-year-old boy has died after being crushed by a metal arm at the entrance of a gated community in North Las Vegas.

Emergency crews were called to the Village at Craig Ranch housing community at Goldfield Street and Newburg Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

North Las Vegas police spokeswoman Chrissie Coon said a teenager who witnessed the event called 911, reporting that the boy was stuck in the automatic gate and suffered a severe injury.

The boy has been known to play in a space in the gate that is 7 inches tall and nearly 3 feet wide. At the time, he was apparently crawling through it when another child on a bicycle approached the gate, triggering a motion sensor for the gate to move.