OMG, so horrific - twin 2yo die in drawer accident :(

[Hulababy]

Horrid, horridm horrid


"Two-year-old twins were killed when a chest of drawers fell on them at their home, police have confirmed.
The children, from Berkshire, were trying to climb on the drawers when the accident happened in Winkfield on Monday afternoon.

A Thames Valley Police spokesman said after initial inquiries the deaths were not being treated as suspicious.

It is believed the youngsters had pulled the drawers out of the chest and used them as steps to get to the top.

The police spokesman said: "We commenced an investigation but we are not treating the deaths as suspicious.

"Two two-year-old twins died in the incident."

It was reported in The Sun newspaper that the brother and sister had been put to bed earlier in the afternoon but had woken up and started playing in their bedroom. "


And so easy. DD, same age, pulled over our chest of drawers this summer. It only didn't land on her as my bed was in the way. How the Tv on top missed I still have no idea. This story justs makes me shudder.

[wilbur]

Too, too sad. My heart breaks for that poor family.

I lived in Los Angeles for a while where it is the norm to fasten stuff to the wall because of earthquakes (they have all sorts of gizmos advertised to attach pretty much anything) and that has made me more aware, esp of heavy pictures and mirrors that can be reached by little climbers. We've just moved and it's on my list to get wardrobes and so on bolted to the wall. Ds and dd are both serious climbers and very curious - I could see them doing exactly what those poor twins did.

[JanH]

moo, I was going to mention IKEA - all their tall furniture comes with straps (very simple, just a grey woven nylon strip and a couple of screws) and I wondered if their other things did too.

It is a scary and very sad story. They must have been such little livewires - can't begin to imagine how the family will go on without them.

[tatcity]

OMG - have just realised that these twins attended our toddler group. Have been there this morning, and there was an announcement about it - a close friend or nanny to them said a few words and there were just loads of mums crying about it. Can't stop thinking about it - how awful.

[Hulababy]

tatcity; sorry. SO sad.

[stitch]

when i was five, and my sister three, we were climbing up the drawers to reach the phone at the top. this was one of those old fashioned, heavy chest of drawers. the entire thing tilted and came crashing down on us. i dont know how, but it was a miracle i stepped back and managed to get my sister back as well.