Safety Roundup

In this week's Safety Roundup, stories of: a 4-year-old in Detroit, Michigan who died after he was unintentionally shot by his cousin who had found a rifle under a bed while the two were playing in a bedroom. an 18-year-old in Penn Township, Pennsylvania who required surgery after he was shot in the chest by a 19-year-old friend who was "goofing around" with a loaded shotgun. an 10-year-old in Wichita, Kansas who was unintentionally shot in the face when a .22 revolver fired during a game of quick draw. The boy was visiting a friend. an 11-year-old in Avondale, Arizona who was unintentionally shot in the leg by her father while he was cleaning his gun. a 15-year-old in Lincoln, Maine who was shot in the eye by a 14-year-old friend as the two were target shooting at cans with a .177-caliber-pellet rifle. a 2-year-old in East Cleveland, Ohio who died after falling 17-stories through a window in his grandmother's apartment. a 10-year-old in Rockville, Maryland who died after falling through the ice while playing on a frozen pond. a 4-year-old in Bloomington, Indiana who died in her home after she was bitten multiple times by at least one of three family dogs, all pit bulls. a 6-year-old in Lorain, Ohio who was hospitalized after he was attacked by his neighbor's pit bull while he was playing with other kids on the porch on his own home. a 10-year-old in Smithville, Texas who needed a teacher to perform the Heimlich maneuver to help save him as he was choking during ...
Source: About.com Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news