A toddler has tragically passed away after accidentally choking to death at a home in Ireland yesterday. The tot, who was only two years old, died at a property in Skibbereen, County Cork, after emergency services were contacted at 9pm.
Medics raced to the family's home to save the little boy but despite their best efforts he sadly died at the scene. Gardai have confirmed the child's death is not being treated as suspicious, the Mirror reports.
A spokesman said: “Shortly after 9pm, on Wednesday 25th January 2023, Gardai attended at a domestic residence in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, following the sudden death of a male toddler. The Coroner has been notified and a post-mortem will be held at Cork University Hospital.
"Gardaí are currently treating the death as a tragic accident and foul play is not suspected. Owing to the tragic nature of the incident no further information is available.”
Last year, a little girl choked to death 'on a foreign object' in Asda as an off-duty paramedic desperately tried to save her. Poppy Reardon was only three-years-old when she died as a result of the 'tragic accident' while she was with her parents at an Asda store in Aintree.
The family were shopping for a camping trip they were set to leave for the following day. An inquest into the youngster's death heard that Poppy had choked after biting something off her dad's hooded top.
Poppy was in her father's arms when she started biting the plastic toggle attached to his clothing known as a cord lock, the inquest heard. Coroner Julie Goulding said Poppy had 'accidently asphyxiated when she choked on the toggle she'd bitten off a top worn by her father'.
She added that despite the paramedic's attempt to save her which continued on Poppy's arrival to hospital it 'was not possible to resuscitate her'. In September, a similar tragedy took place in Butlins after a toddler choked to death while eating a sausage during breakfast with his family.
The seaside resort was slammed by a coroner after two-year-old James Manning choked on a piece of pork while on holiday with his family in Bognor Regis, West Sussex in June 2018. As his family battled to save their son, Butlins' staff failed to intervene.
James, from Battle, East Sussex, was raced to hospital in an ambulance where he was passed on life support but he sadly passed away two weeks later. An inquest heard last year that his death was ruled as 'accidental' and that intervention of staff may not have saved him.
However, Karen Harrold, assistant coroner for West Sussex, has criticised the holiday park firm for its first aid provision.
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