A 6-year-old Canton, Massachusetts, girl died Friday when she became pinned under a tree limb that snapped and fell 35 feet under the weight of heavy snow.View the report."They heard a crack. My brother screamed. He saw her under the tree," said Laurie Moore, Kaleigh Kenyon's aunt.The family was outside its Indian Lane home shoveling and playing in the snow around 2 p.m. when the limb snapped."She was running out and was saying, 'Daddy, let's build a snowman,'" brother Nicholas Kenyon said. "The next thing I know, a tree broke and fell on her. I just ran at (the tree) and tried to lift her out of there, and almost couldn't."Kaleigh's brother and dad were able to lift the tree off of her, and a neighbor immediately began to perform CPR and called 911."She's 6," Moore said. "She's in kindergarten. She's awesome. She's a little bright red-headed little girl with a lot of spunk. She's as sweet as could be."Kaleigh was taken to a Brockton hospital and then to a hospital in Boston where she died.Heavy, wet snow was reported across Massachusetts Friday, and earlier in the day Canton police warned residents to stay inside because of the falling limbs."Numerous trees and branches are coming down and creating an extremely dangerous situation," police warned.A GoFundMe page has been created in honor of Kaleigh.

A 6-year-old Canton, Massachusetts, girl died Friday when she became pinned under a tree limb that snapped and fell 35 feet under the weight of heavy snow.

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"They heard a crack. My brother screamed. He saw her under the tree," said Laurie Moore, Kaleigh Kenyon's aunt.

The family was outside its Indian Lane home shoveling and playing in the snow around 2 p.m. when the limb snapped.

"She was running out and was saying, 'Daddy, let's build a snowman,'" brother Nicholas Kenyon said. "The next thing I know, a tree broke and fell on her. I just ran at (the tree) and tried to lift her out of there, and almost couldn't."

Kaleigh's brother and dad were able to lift the tree off of her, and a neighbor immediately began to perform CPR and called 911.

"She's 6," Moore said. "She's in kindergarten. She's awesome. She's a little bright red-headed little girl with a lot of spunk. She's as sweet as could be."

Kaleigh was taken to a Brockton hospital and then to a hospital in Boston where she died.

Heavy, wet snow was reported across Massachusetts Friday, and earlier in the day Canton police warned residents to stay inside because of the falling limbs.

"Numerous trees and branches are coming down and creating an extremely dangerous situation," police warned.

A GoFundMe page has been created in honor of Kaleigh.