{"id":833058,"date":"2026-05-06T17:58:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/?p=833058"},"modified":"2026-05-06T18:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:40:32","slug":"boy-dies-serious-injury-tree-hit-elementary-school-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/news\/boy-dies-serious-injury-tree-hit-elementary-school-playground","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Boy Dies From ‘Serious Injury’ a Day After Being Hit by Tree That Fell on School Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"

A community in Massachusetts is coming together to remember a young boy who died in a freak accident. Zakaria Bel Qaid was playing on the playground<\/a> at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose when a tree fell onto the jungle gym. Details about his injuries haven’t been shared, but it was noted that he was taken to the hospital with injuries described as “serious.”<\/a> Another child and an adult also were injured, but their condition wasn’t life-threatening. Since the accident, many in the community have expressed their sorrow at the loss, and the boy is being memorialized at the school.<\/p>

The incident took place after school.<\/strong><\/h2>