Two young children fall from height while
unattended
By Shaffiq Alkhatib | Posted:
15 July 2011 2002 hrs
SINGAPORE: Their accidental deaths serve as a "grim
reminder" for parents and caregivers not to leave young children
unattended for even a short while, said State Coroner Victor Yeo in
court Friday.
This came following inquests on two children who died after they
fell out of their flats within 10 days of each other.
On April 4, five-year-old Marson Heng Jing Quan died of head
injuries after he fell five stories from his flat at Tampines
Street 42.
The kindergarten pupil was still asleep when his father left home
for work at around 8.15am.
Nobody else was in the flat as Marson's mother was at the market
while his grandfather was having breakfast at a nearby
coffeeshop.
The court heard that after he woke up, Marson could have climbed
onto a laundry basket and peered out of an open kitchen window to
look for the other family members.
While doing so, he might have lost his balance and fell to his
death.
Another young child met a similarly tragic end at Tanjong Rhu's
Waterside Condominium on April 14.
Six-year-old Anisha Reddy died of multiple injuries after she fell
nine floors from her flat.
Her mother, who had gone to a bathroom, had left her alone near a
bedroom window at around 5am that day.
She found her daughter missing when she came back minutes
later.
Anisha was later found lying motionless on a footpath near her
apartment block.
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