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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO (KTVI) – A 12 year-old Missouri boy dies after accidentally hanging himself on a backyard swing at his family`s home.

According to Fox2Now, Ethan Ivinson came home from school as usual Friday afternoon, but was planning to go back that night.

‘He was helping his dad do some chores in the backyard,’ said Maryland Heights Police Chief William Carson. ‘He was planning to go to a school dance that evening and was doing extra chores so he could go to the dance.’

While Ethan was outside, his dad went inside to make a phone call.

That’s when Ethan started spinning on a homemade swing that was made from a child’s pumpkin seat.

The swing was suspended by ropes hanging from a high tree branch.

Authorities say Ethan got tangled in the ropes and accidentally hanged himself.

His father tried to revive him with CPR, but it was too late.