A two-year-old boy died after reportedly being strangled by his jacket as he played at his nursery.
Leanardo Ricci had been outside within the yard at Ambarabà Ciccì Coccò nursery in Bibbiena, near Arezzo, central Italy, when the tragedy happened.
He had been running or attempting to climb when the drawstring of his jacket apparently got caught on a tree branch and strangled him, based on Italian news site La Stampa. .
Moments later he was found not respiration by nursery staff and emergency services were called.
Medics tried to resuscitate the boy, but sadly he couldn’t be saved and was pronounced dead on the scene.
Police evacuated the nursery and cordons were put up. It is going to remain closed until at the very least next week while the incident, which happened earlier this week, is under investigation.
Prosecutors have opened a case for involuntary manslaughter
The Koiné cooperative, which manages the nursery, said: ‘We have now no words that may soothe the excruciating pain of the parents and family of the kid who lost his life this morning.
‘The tragedy can also be our grief, because we feel the youngsters who greet us with a smile every morning as our own.
‘Our staff, shocked and distraught by the tragedy, have made themselves available to the investigators.’
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