12-Year-Old Girl Dies After Snow Fort Collapses

12-Year-Old Girl Dies After Snow Fort Collapses
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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A 12-year-old Illinois girl died on Jan. 20 after a snow fort she was making collapsed on her.

The girl, identified as Esther Jung of Elk Grove Village, was at church on Sunday when she and a 9-year-old girl started digging a fort in a snowbank.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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