LOYSVILLE — A 13-foot totem pole fell over and struck a boy on the first day of Boy Scout camp, killing the 9-year-old, state police said Monday.

Tyler Shope, of Shermans Dale, died of head and chest injuries Sunday afternoon, Perry County Coroner Michael Shalonis said.

The boy's parents were nearby when the pole fell at around 3:15 p.m., and his father helped lift it off him, Shalonis said. No one else was injured.

Campers were arriving at the Hidden Valley Boy Scout Camp near Loysville, about 25 miles northwest of Harrisburg, for a week of camping, state police said.

Camp emergency personnel arrived within minutes of the accident, but were unable to revive the boy, said Jack Carr, executive director of the Keystone Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, which runs the camp.

A crisis team provided counseling for campers and their parents Sunday evening, and camp activities are continuing as scheduled, Carr said.

The boy was waiting outside the camp's health lodge to have his health records reviewed at the time of the accident.

BRADFORD — A real estate agent stumbled onto two decomposing Great Dane carcasses behind a nailed-shut door and called authorities, who found the remains of more than 20 dogs.The home was empty but had been occupied until several months ago by a woman who bred Great Danes, authorities said. Police were searching for the woman, who has been cited in the past for neglecting dogs.The real estate agent, Jack Buckles, had gone to the foreclosed home last week to estimate how much cleanup it needed before it could be sold. When he went to a small building at the back of the property, apparently a kennel, Buckles said he found the bodies of two dogs."They had no way of getting out because the door leading to the kennel was nailed shut," Buckles told the Bradford Era.Police were called to investigate. Armed with a search warrant and protective clothing and masks, they found 21 more carcasses, including bodies and bones of adult and younger dogs, on and near the property.The dogs were estimated to have died three to nine months ago.