10-year-old dies from flu after visit to Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – A community in Connecticut is remembering a 10-year-old boy. He died after coming to Buffalo for a hockey tournament. Health officials in his hometown are now blaming the flu for his death.
The boy’s name is Nico Mallozzi. He plays for the Connecticut Roughriders. They played in four games around the Buffalo-area Friday and Saturday.
“He was absolutely a hockey player,” Bryan Luizzi told CBS affiliate WFSB. Luizzi is the superintendent of schoo