Boy, 2, dies a week after being injured in crash that killed 2 adults
A 2-year-old boy has died from injuries he sustained in a June 13 accident that killed two adults in Pittsburgh’s Chateau neighborhood.
The victim, Kingsley Hall of Pittsburgh, died of blunt force trauma of the head on Wednesday in a Pittsburgh hospital, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office announced Friday evening.
Dominick Hall, 24, the driver of the vehicle, and Lynika Barron, 24, both of Pittsburgh, also were killed in crash. Dominick Hall died at the scene, but Barron was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Barron and the child were pulled from the car alive and taken to hospitals, police said.
The relationship between the boy and adults was not released.
Hall’s car crashed on Beaver Avenue at the intersection of Island Avenue at 4:20 p.m. June 13, and caught fire, the medical examiner said.
Joe Napsha is a TribLive reporter covering Irwin, North Huntingdon and the Norwin School District. He also writes about business issues. He grew up on Neville Island and has worked at the Trib since the early 1980s. He can be reached at jnapsha@triblive.com.
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