Theerarak
Suthathiwong
A 3-year-old boy died after an iron gate fell off its
hinge, crushing him.
Jonathan John Athip Chaoman sustained a fractured
skull when the 3x2-meter iron grating fell on him at the Daraphan 3
Village on Soi Khao Talo Sept. 1.
Parents Ewan Chapman, 42, and Duangthip Phetniem, 31,
said they were returning from a local market when their toddler opened
the gate. Before they could react, it fell off its hinges, crushing the
boy. Paramedics tried, but could not resuscitate the child.
The boy’s grieving mother lamented she had warned her
son many times about playing with the gate, but he never listened.
Police determined the rolling gate did not have a
lock at the end. So when it reached the end of its rail, nothing stopped
it from falling off.
