Safety Roundup

In this week's Saturday Safety Roundup, stories of: a 17-month-old in Patterson Springs, North Carolina who was hospitalized after she was unintentionally shot by her 3-year-old brother with their father's 9 mm handgun that he found on top of a dresser. a 9-year-old in Boston, Massachusetts who died after he was shot by his 14-year-old brother who was handling a firearm recklessly when it fired, hitting his younger brother in the chest. a 13-year-old in Puyallup, Washington who died after he was unintentionally shot in the chest by his 13-year-old best friend while they were playing with a shotgun after school. two young children in Plummer, Idaho who drowned after falling through the ice and getting trapped in a pond. a 4-year-old from New York who drowned on the Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship. His 6-year-old brother nearly drowned and was transferred to a hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. a 2-year-old in Fruitland Park, Florida who drowned in an open septic tank in her backyard. a 2-year-old in Tulsa, Oklahoma who received a severe dog bite on her face after she climbed onto a couch in her home where the family's dog, a lab-pit bull mix was already lying down. a 10-year-old in Jarrettsville, Maryland who was seriously injured and required surgery after she was impaled by a piece of rebar while sledding. an 8-year-old in Gardner, Massachusetts who died after a large television set and cart fell on him during an after school program. a 13-year-old in Cobb C...
Source: About.com Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news