Crime & Safety
Baby Dies In 6-Year-Old's Care; Mother Arrested
After becoming trapped between a bed and a wall, the 1-year-old died at the hospital.
SPRING VALLEY, NY — A baby trapped between a bed and a wall died Saturday evening in Rockland County.
Spring Valley police were called to an apartment on Kennedy Drive for a report of a 1-year trapped between a bed and the wall.
Responding officers found the baby, still trapped and unresponsive.
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Members of the Spring Valley Fire Department responded to help free the child.
Once the baby was extricated, life-saving measures began immediately, police said. Then the child was transported to Nyack Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
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Police said their investigation revealed that the baby had been left in the custody of his 6-year-old sibling without any adult supervision.
The mother of the child, a 36-year-old Spring Valley resident, was charged with Manslaughter, a Class C Felony.
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