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Children Harmed by Ignorance and Accidents

Children are too often hurt by caregivers lack of common sense. Even well meaning parents do at times harm children.

While this section is refered to as accidents, please be aware that harm is still harm even when not done to hurt.

Certainly children do not come with a manual and common sense is not always that common, we ask that all parents/caregivers be aware of the harm being done to children which can easily be avoided.

Every year we hear of chidren being left in a car and dying from heat exhaustion or even from the cold.   Well, right now a mother of four Cadillac children sickened by carbon monoxide poisoning is being charged with second degree child abuse.

Prosecutors charged 21 year old Brandy King with the crimes this morning.

Police say they found deadly levels of carbon monoxide in the van the children, ages 1 through 4, were riding in. They say it came from the van's tailpipe with was pointing into the fender, sending exhaust fumes into the van.

All four children are in foster care.

Never leave a child alone in any vehicle.

Surprise Arizona child dies after TV falls on her

The Associated Press

September 28, 2008 - 7:54AM

A young Surprise girl has died after a television fell on her. Television news reports say it happened Saturday morning while the family was moving.

Surprise police were called to the scene in response to a report of an injured child.

Authorities say the child was flown to Phoenix Children's Hospital, where she later passed away.

The baby was only 9-month-old

Young Girl Dies After TV Falls On Her
September 29, 2007

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- A 7-year-old girl has died after police said she was crushed and killed by the family’s television.
The girl died Saturday morning at a home on Lake Street in east Bakersfield.
Aaliyah Nutt was sleeping on the floor in front of the TV in her east Bakersfield when her 5-year-old brother tried to plug in a DVD player. The little boy accidentally knocked over the 30-inch TV, which fell off a dresser and landed on the sleeping girl.

The mother of the children, Latasha Carter, was reportedly sleeping in the same room when the accident happened.
A witness said the little girl died in her mother’s arms, though she was rushed to Kern Medical Center with major head injuries.
Neighbor Nanita Camrilla said the mother held onto the injured child after the accident, “She was screaming for her, telling her, ‘Don't you leave me!’

6-Year-Old Boy Dies After TV Falls On Him

Coroner Says Miles May Was Reaching For Ice Skates
DENVER -- A 6-year-old boy died at his home in Gypsum, Colo., after a large television fell on him over the weekend.
The boy, identified as Miles May, was rushed to Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colo., on Saturday night, where he later died.
The coroner said that the boy was climbing up, reaching for ice skates on top of the TV, when an older-model 32-inch RCA television toppled over and crushed him.
Both of his parents were home at the time but couldn't do anything to save him.
The May family talked to 7NEWS and said they didn't want this happening to any other family. They urged parents to take a second look at their television sets and entertainment centers to make sure the TVs are secure and not sitting top-heavy.
The TV in the Mays' house was sitting on a triangular-shaped corner cabinet about 4 to 5 feet tall. It was not secured to the cabinet, or to the wall.

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