Stampede wagon kills 8-year-old

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About 60 people attended a memorial service July 15 for Mamie First Rider, 8, of the Blood Indian Reserve, who was killed in the Calgary Stampede Parade. The service included prayers and comments from six Native spiritual leaders. The young girl died July 9 in Alberta Children's Hospital from injuries suffered when she fell off a hay wagon she was riding on and was crushed beneath its wheels. "According to the people who witnessed it, it looked like she got tired, fell asleep, fell forward and went under the wheels on the wagon," said Stampede spokesman Paul Rosenberg.