I never cease to be amazed by the number and variation of ways people find to off themselves, particularly kids. The odds against something like this have got to be millions to one. Also, do you keep scissors on top of your fridge?
Girl Dies Falling From Chair With Scissors
POSTED: 9:53 am CDT May 13, 2007
VERONA BEACH, N.Y. — Police in Verona Beach, N.Y., say a six-year-old died while reaching for scissors on top of a refrigerator when she fell from a chair and the blades stabbed her in the neck.The girl apparently wanted the scissors to cut off gum that was stuck in her hair.Police said she was standing on a wheeled, office-style chair when it moved and she lost her balance Friday night. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.The girl’s parents and her younger brother were in the house about 25 miles northeast of Syracuse, but no one saw the girl fall.