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Virginia Boy Airlifted After Tree Branch Shatters Skull, Breaks Spine During Backyard Play
He wasn't climbing the tree. He was just playing beneath it.
That's when a massive tree branch came crashing down, striking 5-year-old Declan Amburgey in the head and turning an ordinary afternoon in his Virginia backyard into a fight for recovery.
The accident happened on Wednesday, July 8, when the force of the falling branch left Declan unconscious and unresponsive, according to a fundraiser launched on behalf of his family.
His mother, Michelle, called 911.
Within minutes, Declan was airlifted to a trauma center.
Doctors discovered two skull fractures, a severe hematoma, compression …
LI Powerlifter’s Social Media Flexes Exposed $100K Disability Fraud: Authorities
A Long Island powerlifter bilked more than $100,000 through disability payments while competing in professional competitions, authorities said.
Raymond Phillips, 40, of Huntington Station, pulled off the fraud between 2021 and 2024, the New York Attorney General’s office said.
Phillips said he suffered a serious injury while weightlifting in 2018, rendering him unable to work or perform routine activities without help, investigators said. He applied for state disability payments and was approved in May 2021, according to authorities.
But by 2021, Phillips was perfectly capable of working a…
