Boy identified in fatal Sanpete sledding accident

FOUNTAIN GREEN — Authorities have identified the Fountain Green boy killed in a sledding accident as Drake Gideon Cox.

Sanpete County sheriff’s officials say the 6-year-old boy was sledding in Farmington Canyon when he hit a tree and suffered a head injury.

In an obituary, family members remembered the boy as affectionate, witty and full of life.

Funeral services were scheduled for Thursday at the Moroni LDS Stake Center.