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| Bizarre News - Toddler |
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TODDLER LOSES LEG
AFTER MOM DIES, FALLS ON HER CAMDEN:
A toddler's leg was amputated after her mother collapsed on her and died, trapping the girl in a bathtub for at least a day police said. The child, Leslie Laureano, was in stable condition yesterday at Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center, a day after undergoing surgery to remove her leg just below the right knee. The Family's minister found the 3-year-old Sunday in the bathtub with her mother, Maria Carmen Laureano, lying on top of her, police said. Mrs. Laureano, 41, had a history of medical problems. It is believed that the mother had a seizure, struck her head and fell on the girl, pinning her in the tub, police said. The child may have been trapped as long as 36 hours, authorities said. The toddler is deaf and learning disabled, police said. The minister, who had been unable to reach the family by telephone, went to the family's Camden apartment to deliver food. He broke into the apartment after he heard the girl crying, police said. |
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