 GREENWICH, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A 13-year-old boy died after he and another boy were pulled from a snow bank in Washington County Tuesday evening. Cambridge-Greenwich Police Chief George Bell said Wednesday, during a press conference, that Joshua J. Demarest, 13, and a seventh-grade student at Greenwich Central School, was pronounced dead at around 10 p.m. Tuesday, after he and a friend were dug out of the snow pile. "The coming days and weeks will undoubtedly be difficult," the statement continues. "In talking with Tyler last night in the emergency room ... it's a true tragedy, it's an accident ... and exactly what happened, I don't think we'll ever know, but Tyler states that him and his friend went into this area, they dug holes into the snowbanks and ... made what they call forts in there," Bell said. Authorities believe the last truck to dump snow in the lot was there at around 3:30 p.m. That would mean the boys were stuck in the snow pile for more than three hours, Bell said. Bell said police began searching for the two boys after an older sister of one of the boys reported that they had not returned before dark, as was typical, and she was concerned. "I bet they moved seven ton of snow, easily, out of that pile by hand, shovel, snow rakes -- I can't even tell you what they used ... to recover those two boys," he said. Police say Demarest was found unresponsive, and emergency personnel immediately began to perform CPR. Day, 12, and also a seventh-grader at Greenwich Central, was found a few minutes later, Bell said. Both boys were rushed to Saratoga Hospital, where Demarest was pronounced dead a little after 10 p.m. 
 
 Day suffered from hypothermia, but is now home recovering. They all have kids in the school and grandkids and yeah, they’re struggling with it as to be expected.” 
 
 “A true accident,” Chief Bell said. "Students will need shoulders to cry on, and so will you.
– A young New York boy is dead after workers inadvertently dumped a mountain of snow on him and his friend Tuesday, the Albany Times Union reports. Policy say the boys—13-year-old Joshua Demarest and 12-year-old Tyler Day—were playing in a snow pile on a private lot in Greenwich after school; they "burrowed" into the large pile to create forts. But the lot where they were playing is also where the Department of Public Works dumps snow cleared from sidewalks. Workers apparently dropped a massive amount of snow on top of the boys without ever realizing they were there. Hours later, Tyler's sister reported them missing and a search was launched, according to News 10. Searchers found footprints leading to the lot, and police dogs pointed to the snow pile. More than a dozen police and firefighters worked to dig the boys out. "They moved an enormous amount of snow...to recover those boys," says Bell, who the Daily Gazette reports estimated the boys were trapped under at least seven tons. Both boys were taken to the hospital after being stuck in the snow for nearly four hours. Joshua later died. Police are calling Tyler's survival a "miracle," but his father says he's struggling with the death of his friend. Also struggling are the workers, who police say couldn't have known the boys were there. "The guys are devastated," the Department of Public Works superintendent tells News 10.