Two tragic accidents have now occurred in daycare centers in North Rhine-Westphalia.
A two-year-old boy had his head trapped in his loft bed, and a five-year-old was fatally injured while playing.
Gelsenkirchen / Lemgo - It is the absolute nightmare for all parents, educators and rescue workers: Two children have now had an accident in daycare centers in North Rhine-Westphalia.
While a two-year-old boy apparently choked to death in his loft bed * while taking a nap, a five-year-old boy was fatally injured while playing on a day-care center.
The police are now releasing further details.
Deadly drama in day care center in Gelsenkirchen - child suffocates while nap in loft bed
A fatal drama had already occurred on Monday in a day care center in Gelsenkirchen, the exact cause of death should be clarified by an autopsy.
The result was confirmed by the senior public prosecutor Birgit Juergens on Wednesday.
Accordingly, the two-year-old suffocated in his daycare bed while taking a nap.
The exact processes still have to be clarified, but it is likely that the little boy pushed up the bottom plate of the bed above him.
It is possible that his head was then wedged between the bunk bed and the floor plate, as a city spokesman described on Tuesday.
Even resuscitation could no longer save the child.
Another deadly drama in NRW: boy seriously injured while playing
Another fatal accident had occurred in a daycare center in Lemgo in North Rhine-Westphalia. As the spokesman for the Detmold public prosecutor, Ralf Vetter, confirmed on Wednesday, much is still "completely unclear". Meanwhile, suspected negligent homicide is being investigated against unknown persons. In the accident, a five-year-old boy had an accident while playing on a trailer, the exact course of events and why the trailer was parked there must now be determined. As the chief prosecutor further explains, there are no adult eyewitnesses.
According to the police's previous knowledge, the child played with a parked vehicle trailer with a tilting loading area on Tuesday on the premises of the daycare center.
He was trapped between the chassis and the tipping device, and alarmed rescue workers could no longer help the five-year-old.
The little boy died of his serious injuries on site.
An autopsy should now determine the exact cause of death.
It was unclear when questioning possible witnesses and employees of the daycare center could take place.
“Possible witnesses are children or employees.
Everyone is shocked.
Since questioning can only be done very carefully, "said the police spokesman.
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