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Massachusetts girl dies after dad drives into leaf pile where she was hiding
November 5, 2004 1SHORT1105
METHUEN, MASS. -- A 10-year-old girl was killed when her father parked his truck in a pile of leaves in which she and a friend were hiding, the family said. The other girl was seriously injured.

Family members said 36-year-old construction worker James Gravel did not know he had run over the girls until he got out and heard daughter Natalie calling him.

"She said, 'Daddy, I can't breathe,' " said Gravel's sister, Jennifer Gravel.

Natalie died at a hospital of head and chest injuries. Eight-year-old Meredith Reid was in critical condition Thursday.

Police said no charges are planned.

Gravel's two other children, ages 11 and 7, were in the truck at the time.

Associated Press