Boy dies in tumble dryer

Boy dies in tumble dryer

Anne Gibson, pictured outside the inquest, broke down as she described the moment she found her four-year-old son Sonny dead inside a tumble dryerIts a mothers worst nightmare- finding her son dead in a tumble dryer after recovering from a hangover.A boy of four in the United Kingdom died after being spun around inside a tumble dryer for up to two hours, reported The Daily Mail.Sonny Gibson suffered terrible burns and inhaled scorching hot air after becoming trapped inside the machine at his home.The 'mischievous' child, who loved playing hide and seek, had probably climbed into the machine.He may have accidentally kicked the machine that slammed the door slammed shut on him.

His mother, Anne-Marie Gibson was sleeping off a hangover at a friend's house.When she came back home and found her son was missing, she called the police.The police asked her what her son was wearing last.I looked in the washing machine to see if I could work out what he was wearing. I opened the tumble dryer and he was there," she said"The dryer door was closed. I just opened it and saw him in there, he was just curled up. He looked like he was sleeping, but I knew he was dead, she added.Source: The Daily Mail
Published April 13 2011