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Those of you with young children or who have young children visit - search your houses with a critical eye for such hazards - watch for curtain and blind cords, for example.

From ABC Online news:-

Former heavyweight boxing world champion Mike Tyson's four-year-old daughter has died, a day after she was injured in an accident at her Arizona home, Phoenix police said.

Exodus Tyson had been on life support in hospital since Monday, when she was found by her seven-year-old brother with her neck wrapped in the cable of a treadmill.


The boy called his mother from another room, and the 34-year-old woman freed the girl, called an ambulance and tried to revive her.


Mr Hill said that the police investigation of the scene indicated a "tragic accident".


"Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console - it's kind of a loop," he said.


"Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it."