Officials identify boy killed in freak picnic accident

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A 7-year-old boy killed in a freak accident in Madison was identified June 7 as Aiden Mueller.

Police said his family was eating dinner at a picnic table the evening of June 5 when a car left a nearby street, hit a tree, became airborne, and landed on the dinner table. It happened behind the First Business Bank Center where Aiden’s father, Jonathan Mueller, works.

Police said the 59-year-old female driver might have suffered a medical condition at the time of the incident. That possibility is still being investigated.

The 38-year-old Mueller and his 4-year-old daughter Elizabeth both had non-life-threatening injuries. Jonathan’s 36-year-old wife Amy Mueller was critically injured; she was hospitalized and in stable condition at last word.

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