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08-17-2007, 07:09 AM
Boy, 5, strangled by electric window (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/17/ncar117.xml)
A five year old boy died after his head became trapped in a car’s electric window while he was playing alone in the car.
The youngster, who was named by neighbours as Michael Dury, from Croydon, South London, had only been left in the car for a few minutes when he accidentally strangled himself.
His mother, Wendy Broughton, had parked the family car outside their home in New Addington, Croydon, Surrey, but left the engine running, meaning the electrics were still working.
Michael began playing with the buttons on the door and managed to activate one of the windows which moved upwards and trapped his neck between the frame.
He was rushed to the nearby St Georges Hospital, Tooting while paramedics tried in vain to resuscitate him in the ambulance. Despite their attempts he was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital.
Neighbour John Peters, who lives on Dunley Drive, New Addington, close to the family’s house, said: "We are all very sad. Our thoughts are with them at this time. It’s a big shock."
Another neighbour who lives on the same road said: "This is an absolute tragedy. We can’t believe it. He was just playing with the electric window as kids do when they are left alone in a car.
"He just kept pressing up and the window closed on his neck and he was strangled. It’s is so sad for the family."
A spokesman for the Met police said: "The incident is being treated as a sudden death. A five-year-old boy was playing in the family car when his head became trapped in the window.
"Police are providing support for the family and will prepare a report for the coroner in due course."
A spokesman for the London Ambulance service said: "We were called at 2.30pm to Dunley Drive in New Addington in Croydon. We sent one fast response car, an air ambulance, one ground ambulance and an officer to the scene.
"The crew treated one patient, a five-year-old boy, and worked to resuscitate him on the way to St George’s Hospital by ground ambulance."
A postmortem examination will be held on August 21 at Queen Mary’s Hospital and an inquest will be opened at Croydon Coroner’s Court on August 23.
Well its dog eat dog world, too bad the electric window has bigger teeth.
A five year old boy died after his head became trapped in a car’s electric window while he was playing alone in the car.
The youngster, who was named by neighbours as Michael Dury, from Croydon, South London, had only been left in the car for a few minutes when he accidentally strangled himself.
His mother, Wendy Broughton, had parked the family car outside their home in New Addington, Croydon, Surrey, but left the engine running, meaning the electrics were still working.
Michael began playing with the buttons on the door and managed to activate one of the windows which moved upwards and trapped his neck between the frame.
He was rushed to the nearby St Georges Hospital, Tooting while paramedics tried in vain to resuscitate him in the ambulance. Despite their attempts he was pronounced dead on arrival to the hospital.
Neighbour John Peters, who lives on Dunley Drive, New Addington, close to the family’s house, said: "We are all very sad. Our thoughts are with them at this time. It’s a big shock."
Another neighbour who lives on the same road said: "This is an absolute tragedy. We can’t believe it. He was just playing with the electric window as kids do when they are left alone in a car.
"He just kept pressing up and the window closed on his neck and he was strangled. It’s is so sad for the family."
A spokesman for the Met police said: "The incident is being treated as a sudden death. A five-year-old boy was playing in the family car when his head became trapped in the window.
"Police are providing support for the family and will prepare a report for the coroner in due course."
A spokesman for the London Ambulance service said: "We were called at 2.30pm to Dunley Drive in New Addington in Croydon. We sent one fast response car, an air ambulance, one ground ambulance and an officer to the scene.
"The crew treated one patient, a five-year-old boy, and worked to resuscitate him on the way to St George’s Hospital by ground ambulance."
A postmortem examination will be held on August 21 at Queen Mary’s Hospital and an inquest will be opened at Croydon Coroner’s Court on August 23.
Well its dog eat dog world, too bad the electric window has bigger teeth.