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Girl, 7, dies after TV falls on her
BY FELIX DOLIGOSA JR., Californian staff writer
Saturday, Sep 29 2007 10:15 PM

Last Updated: Saturday, Sep 29 2007 11:19 PM

Children ran and played in front of an east
Bakersfield apartment complex Saturday as most
members of Aaliyah Nutt's family sat silent.

Photos:

Photo by Casey Christie

Aaliyah Nutt in 2004.
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Photo by Casey Christie
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Latasha Carter, with her son Amonti Nutt,
a few hours after her daughter, Aaliyah Nutt, 7,
died from an accident.


Aaliyah, 7, died earlier in the morning after her brother accidentally pushed a TV on her, according to police and the children's mother.

The girl's death was accidental, and no criminal charges are anticipated, said Lt. Mike Cantrell with the Bakersfield Police Department.

At about 8 a.m., the brother and sister were watching TV in their mom's bedroom in the 1200 block of Lake Street.

The mother of six, Latasha Carter, 31, was in bed asleep.

Amonti Nutt, 5, went behind the large television to plug in a DVD player and inadvertently pushed the TV forward, according to Carter.

The television fell and hit the girl, who was on the floor.

"My mind is running every which way," said Carter, who works as a child care provider.

The girl suffered major head injuries and was taken to a local hospital where she died, Cantrell said.

At Lori's Little Angel's Daycare, 1905 Clarke Ave., televisions are kept in cabinets that kids have a hard time touching.

Children are not allowed near them.

"The minute they get close, it's a no-no," said Lori Carrillo, who runs the day care.

Nationwide, about 2.5 million children are injured or killed by hazards in the home every year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Safety Council.

"Anything can be dangerous," Carrillo said. "You have to watch kids all the time. Parents need to have eyes on the back of your head."

Carter said it was an accident as she rummaged through a bag of pictures of her daughter. Carter does not know what to do with all the pictures she has.

The mother still has three undeveloped rolls of film with memories of Aaliyah.

"She was really sweet," Carter said. "It (the death) hasn't soaked in yet."

Meanwhile, Amonti joyfully jumped on his siblings and smiled Saturday morning.

"He doesn't really understand what happened," said his mother. "It was a freak accident."

-VG
 
"The mother of six, Latasha Carter, 31, was in bed asleep."

:smh:

Mother of six at 31....

I'm trippin' because the kids were rippin' & running throughout the house unattended while she was in the room sleeping.
 
white kids drown in pools everyday unattended

the accidental death of a child is horrible no need to turn it into some extra fuckery
 
white kids drown in pools everyday unattended

the accidental death of a child is horrible no need to turn it into some extra fuckery

Yeah, it is horrible a poor young girl died.

But, it sounds like an accident.

Accidents happen to everyone.
 
How many accidental deaths by television do you know of?
they listed the numbers - im just saying anytime you leave children unsupervised you have the possibility of tragedy. Tv's, streets, bikes, skateboards, roller skates, pools, all types of shit in houses etc. Kids die from all that stuff everyday. Her being poor or having alot of kids isn't necessarily responsible. I don't care how many kids you have, how wealthy you are or if youre married or not you can never have total complete protection of children from falling victim to some type of accident. As a parent that's some scary shit for me.
She(the mom) is a member of the working poor and she had a child die. No need to point out any of her other failures that may or may not be related.
 
reasons like this are why you tell kids
dont sit close to the tv

but i do feel sorry for that kids siblings.
the mother should've been more responsible
 
Freak accidents happen all the time, even with adults.

But that is why you should watch your children carefully.

Very sad story.
 
My point exactly...I was misquoted when kats thought I was shaking my head because she was 31 with 6 kids.
my bad bruh - i thought u were stressing her being unfit because of the low tv fatality numbers - its like 6 a year
 
Do you people have kids? There is no way you are watching their every move in the home. I dont think a parent expects a TV to fall on a child. It's not like she gave her a box o matches and said go play. Whats funny is our new 50lb 42inch flat panel TV's come with anchor straps to stop them from falling but the old 100lb 27 inches dont.
 
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