STILL NO MOVEMENT ON HR BILL 1861 AND CHILDREN DIE

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This was forwarded to us today.

January 08, 2007

Pawtucket toddler killed by falling TV

PAWTUCKET -- A 3-year-old girl died early today after a television that sat on a stand toppled on her as she apparently tried to reach the remote control, the Pawtucket police said.
The death appears to be an accident, but Pawtucket Police are awaiting the results of the medical examiner, said Det. Maj. John J. Whiting.
The child lived at 560 Prospect Heights, Apt. 283, with her mother. Her mother told police that she would sleep on the couch on the first floor of the two-floor apartment with the child out of fear that if she slept on the second floor the child would go downstairs in the middle of the night.
The mother shut off the television and told the child it was time for bed and ran upstairs for a brief moment. While upstairs, she heard a loud crash and ran downstairs. She found the baby with the 27-inch-screen TV on top of her. The toddler sustained several head injuries, according to police.
A neighbor who heard the mother screaming took the child to Pawtucket Memorial Hospital. The toddler was pronounced dead at 12:15 a.m.
-- Journal staff writer Tatiana Pina