Articles labeled: Connecticut Childrens Medical Center

A mother placed a dish drainage bin on the floor of her apartment in order to clean the countertop when her 3 year old toddler fell over the dish bin, landing on a knife that punctured her stomach (athough some reports say that it stabbed her in the heart). She remains in critical condition at a children’s hospital.

A routine late-night kitchen chore turned into frantic, life-threatening minutes for a Brown Street mother after her 3-year-old toddler tripped and fell on a knife in a dish drainer that had been placed on the floor, said Hartford police and neighbors of the family.

The child, who had a knife wound to the stomach, remained in critical condition Thursday at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center following emergency surgery, according to city police.

UPDATE 1: Babysitter reportedly blamed the death of a toddler she was babysitting on her own, 3 year old son, accusing her toddler son of killing the toddler she was babysitting.

This chick is something else.

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Poor judgement is the understatement of many who wind up killing an innocent child.

I don’t know if people aren’t vetting their babysitters properly or if there are just psychos out there, very good at covering up their psychosis. At any rate, makes you nervous about babysitters in general.

I’m sure the mother is riddled with guilt, although, unless there was a reason to suspect this babysitter, it’s probably not her fault.

HARTFORD, Conn. — An 18-month-old boy has died from a severe head injury he suffered when his baby sitter swung him around in a sleeping bag for fun and it accidentally hit a wall, Hartford police said.

Elijah Gasque was brain dead at about noon at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center after being injured Friday evening in his home on Main Street, police said. The boy was kept on life support overnight as doctors prepared his body for organ donation.

The baby sitter, Yalines Torres, 25, of Hartford, was charged with risk of injury to a minor and reckless endangerment early Saturday morning before the boy died. Police said additional charges were expected. She remains held on a $500,000 bond.