2-Year-Old Dies After His Neck Got Entangled In A Curtain Rope While Playing
The tragedy occurred in Ipoh.
By Sadho Ram — 28 Mar 2018, 03:42 PM
In a tragic incident that occurred at a home in Halaman Meru Impian, Ipoh, a two-year-old who was playing with a curtain rope died of strangulation after his neck was entangled in the rope
While paramedics were called to rush the toddler to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, they pronounced the boy dead. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon at around 2.30pm, 27 March, according to Bernama.
The toddler was at home with his stepmother, in her 30s
His biological mother died in February last year due to breast cancer.
According to The Star Online, which quoted Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Ali Tamby, the boy was playing with a curtain rope that was used to secure the curtain at the staircase near the kitchen at the time of the incident.
"The boy's 30-year-old stepmother was at the house with him prior to the incident.
"The boy had asked for some food and was given biscuit before he left to play at the living room while the stepmother went to the kitchen to cook," The Star Online quoted ACP Tamby, who added that after a while when the stepmother went to check on the boy, she "found him hanging from the curtain tie-back".
The stepmother immediately alerted her husband, the boy's father, who was in Bangi on work matters and her sister who lived nearby
She also untangled the curtain rope from the boy's neck and laid him on the floor.
"She also called 999 and was asked to do CPR while waiting for paramedics. While doing CPR she got a pulse and milk came out of his mouth.
"CPR was done until the paramedics arrived and they continued with it in the ambulance but the boy did not make it," Bernama quoted ACP Tamby as saying.
The case has been classified as sudden death
A post-mortem was conducted to determine the cause of the death which found the toddler's death to be due compression of neck consistent with hanging.
At the time of the incident, his five-year-old sister was studying at a kindergarten not far from the house, ACP Tamby added.