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Fumesucker

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8. I wouldn't totally jump to a conclusion until all the facts are in
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jan 2013

Toddlers being killed by pulling something on top of them is not all that unsusual.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-08/news/ct-met-tv-kid-fall-20120208_1_flat-screen-televisions-shaun-brown-toddler

Roseland toddler is fourth Chicago-area child killed by falling television since October
February 08, 2012|By Andy Grimm and Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune reporters

Blood streaked the edge of an overturned television in the tiny, sparsely furnished living room where 13-month-old Shaun Brown had been playing just hours before.

The Chicago toddler was playing in the upstairs apartment in the 11300 block of South Edbrooke Avenue around 1 p.m. when he "tagged" the TV, which rested atop a narrow wooden stand meant to hold fish tanks, said Michael Jennings, the toddler's cousin.

The television, which weighed more than 100 pounds, toppled on to Shaun, crushing him. Downstairs, Jennings, his girlfriend and grandmother heard a massive "thump," then screams, they said.

Shaun's mother ran downstairs screaming, "The baby's dead!" Shaun's father, also named Shaun Brown, carried the boy outside and drove him to Roseland Community Hospital. Shaun was transferred to Comer Children's Hospital, where he died Tuesday afternoon.

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