Family, Baker City come together after boy’s parade death

BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) – A small eastern Oregon city’s parade this past weekend started out as a celebration, but ended in devastation.
 
Baker City was rocked to its core when Dylan Thomas fell off a float and later died at a hospital – on his seventh birthday.
 
The Oregonian/OregonLive reported (http://bit.ly/2u5sHjP ) Monday that Dylan’s family has received an outpouring of support from the community.
 
His mother, Megan Thomas, says vigils, a fundraiser and a memorial service have brought the already tight-knit community even closer together.
 
Dylan was sitting on a float with his 10-year-old sister when he fell and was struck by the vehicle’s rear wheels. He died later at a nearby hospital.
 
Thomas says her son was “a loving, energetic little boy who loved life and would do anything to make anyone smile.”

A GoFundMe page to help the family has exceeded its $20,000 goal by more than $6,000 and counting.