NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Two boys who had gone out to build a snow fort were inadvertently trapped for several hours in a Newburgh, N.Y., snowbank when a plow operator clearing a parking lot pushed snow over them, not realizing they were there, officials said.
The 11-year-old and 9-year-old were taken to the hospital. Officials said one child was hospitalized for observation.
After parents raised an alarm, officials found the boys around 2 a.m. Thursday, after an officer saw a shovel half buried.