SOUTH PARK, Pa. — A 17-month-old boy in Allegheny County may have died from the flu.
According to police, Mason McDonald lived on Ridge Lane in South Park.
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McDonald's grandfather told Channel 11 that Mason had recently been to a doctor's office for flu-related symptoms, and had gotten a flu shot in November.
County police are waiting on the medical examiner's office for an official cause of death.
The family of McDonald started a GoFundMe account to help with funeral expenses.
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