Monday, Dec. 13, 1993
Toy-Related Deaths
TOY CAUSE OF DEATH TOLL
TRICYCLES
& RIDING TOYS Rode into pool or pond 5
Hit by motor vehicle 2
Fell from toy 1
BALLOONS Choking 6
BALLS Choking 5
MARBLES Choking 1
TOY CHESTS Lid closed on head or neck 2
OTHER Choked on toy dart 2
Fell from toy rocking boat 1
Strangled on string of toy car 1
Strangled on loop of crib toy 1
Strangled on plastic jump rope 1
Trapped in toy basketball net 1
Suffocated under play tent 1
As reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Jan. 1992 to Sept. 1993