Safety Roundup

In this week's Safety Roundup, stories of:

a 9-year-old in Magnolia, Arkansas who was found dead in the woods after an extended all night search as a result of a hunting accident. He unintentionally shot himself near his family's deer camp while squirrel hunting.
a 9-year-old in Guyton, Georgia who died after he was unintentionally shot in the head with a .22 rifle that he and his 11-year-old neighbor had been handling in his backyard. The rifle had been stored in his shed.
a 12-year-old in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who was unintentionally shot in the leg by a family friend who was cleaning his rifle.
a 5-month-old in Durham, North Carolina who was unintentionally shot, getting hit in her hand and leg.
a 13-year-old in South Daytona Beach, Florida who required surgery after he was unintentionally shot in the arm by his 13-year-old friend as they were home alone and handling guns from an unsecured gun rack.
a 6-year-old in Alice, Texas who died after he was run over by a neighbor backing out of his driveway in a pickup truck.
a 7-year-old in Phoenix, Arizona who died after he was hit by a pickup truck while crossing the street on a scooter.
an 11-year-old in Smyrna, Alabama who died after he fell from a treehouse at his home.
a 22-month-old in Cary, North Carolina who is in critical condition after she fell four stories out of a window that was cracked open in her family's apartment.
a 4-year-old in Phoenix, Arizona who required surgery after he was severely mauled ...

Source: About.com Pediatrics - February 22, 2014 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news