Toddler killed: 3-year-old boy dies after dresser falls on him in Little Village

A 3-year-old boy who died when a dresser fell on him had been house alone with two toddler siblings, based on Chicago police.

Emergency crews have been referred to as to the house within the 2800 block of South Pulaski Highway in Little Village final Tuesday and located Johan Garcia beneath the dresser, police mentioned. The toddler was pronounced useless at 2:03 p.m. at Stroger Hospital.

Garcia’s mom was subsequent door at a medical clinic with certainly one of her different youngsters and was monitoring Garcia and his 7-month-old twin brothers on a child monitor when she couldn’t see the boy and began calling for him, based on a police report.

When she got here again to the house, she discovered Garcia beneath a dresser in his room, the report mentioned. She pulled him right into a hallway and positioned him on the carpet whereas a dispatcher guided her by CPR.

Garcia’s father was at work on the time, police mentioned. His mom was gone from the house for about 45 minutes, the report mentioned.

An post-mortem decided Garcia suffered compressional asphyxia and authorities dominated his demise an accident. Detectives have been conducting a demise investigation.

In keeping with the police report, the Illinois Division of Kids and Household Providers took custody of the remaining youngsters within the house. DCFS couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon Monday.

An estimated common of 10,000 youngsters nationwide are injured yearly by tipped-over furnishings, televisions or different home equipment, based on a report launched final yr by the U.S. Client Product Security Fee, which discovered at the very least 472 youngsters have been killed in such incidents between 2000-2020.

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Contributing: Rosemary Sobol