Boy, 7, dies after homemade igloo collapses

Police said the collapse had buried the boy and his father under snow

Police in the canton of Graubuenden said the collapse had buried the boy and his father under snow (file picture of an igloo in Antarctica) (AFP/Getty Images)

A seven-year-old boy has died in Switzerland after a homemade igloo collapsed on him.

The tragic accident happened on Tuesday in Tarasp in the southeast of the country.

Police in the canton of Graubuenden said the collapse had buried the boy and his father under snow.

The father was able to extract himself and searched for his son with help from others.

The boy was found after about 15 minutes and flown to a hospital in Chur, where he died.

With Associated Press