Baby’s Death Investigated
Posted/updated on: December 2, 2010 at 2:27 am
LUFKIN — The 6-month-old boy injured in the care of a baby sitter Nov. 18 has died, according to Lufkin Police. The child died at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston Nov. 24. Following the accident, he was taken by his mother to Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin with bleeding on the brain and a possible neck fracture, and was airlifted to Houston the same evening.
The baby sitter told police the child rolled off a bed onto a concrete floor when he was left unattended for a short time while she rushed to check on another crying child. No criminal charges have been filed in the case, according to Lufkin Police. The case is under investigation.
