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Utah cheerleading community honors girl killed in Fourth of July parade

8-year-old Macie Hill was killed when she fell from a float during the Kaysville Fourth of July parade.

Layton, Utah • The funeral for 8-year-old Macie Hill, who was killed in an accident at the Kaysville Fourth of July parade, was held Saturday.

Hill was a cheerleader with the Patriot All-Stars — something her family’s spokesperson said she was passionate about.

“I was heartbroken,” said Tayden Prisco, a member of Mac’s All-Star Cheer. “It was tragic, and it was just really sad,”

Prisco is a 17-year-old student at Farmington High School.

“We just all came out to really bring the cheerleading community together,” he said.

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