COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina coroner says a 1-year-old child has died after being placed incorrectly into a car seat causing a strap to choke him.
The State reports Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said in a news release that 17-month-old Nazir Austin was found unresponsive in his car seat at his caretaker’s Columbia home last week. He died Wednesday after a week in the hospital.
An autopsy determined that Austin died from asphyxiation due to strangulation from a strap.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department and the county coroner’s office are still investigating. Watts says the death “appears to be due to a tragic accident.”
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Information from: The State, http://www.thestate.com
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