A fundraiser has been launched for the family of 10-year-old Brigg Leavitt, who died after he fell through ice and into the frigid waters of the Gunnison Bend Reservoir near Delta.
According to the Millard County Sheriff’s Office, the boy and other family members were on an outing at the reservoir on Monday when the ice broke and Brigg fell in. A family member pulled him out of the water, and the boy was flown by helicopter to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, but he did not survive.
A GoFundMe page reports that Brigg and his father both fell through the ice.
The 10-year-old’s kidneys, eyes and a heart valve were donated, the page states. The fundraiser is for medical and funeral expenses. By Wednesday afternoon, it had raised more than $18,200 of its $40,000 goal.
Brigg was “a smart and funny child who loved drawing trucks, had a quiet giggle when he thought of something funny, and was generous beyond belief,” according to the GoFundMe page.
On his last day of school before the accident, the page states, “Brigg spent all of the money he had brought for a class auction buying a tree for a little boy and toys for all of his classmates, keeping only a wooden truck for himself.”