Rhino2K Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press Writer PHOENIX (AP) -- Boxer Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter is on life support after she was found with her neck on a treadmill cable Monday, police said. The girl's 7-year-old brother found her on a treadmill with her neck on a cable attached to the exercise machine at their Phoenix home, police Sgt. Andy Hill said, calling it a "tragic accident." The boy told the girl's mother, who was in another room. She took the girl off the cable, called 911 and tried to revive her. Responding officers and firefighters performed CPR on the girl as they rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was in "extremely critical condition" and on life support, Hill said. "Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console - it's kind of a loop," Hill said. "Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose, and she was obviously unable to get herself off of it." Hill said former heavyweight champion Tyson had been in Las Vegas but flew to Phoenix immediately after learning of the accident. Tyson could not immediately be reached for comment. Calls to three of his representatives were either not returned or not answered. Hill said everything in the investigation pointed to an accident. "There's nothing in the investigation that revealed anything suspicious," he said. He added that responding to calls involving children is an officer's most difficult duty. "Those are the things that stay with you in your career," he said. "We always home for a miracle - not to have the worst happen to a child." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medman7 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 I heard this morning that she died. I onder how in the world that cord got wraped around her neck to the point of suffocation without anyone noticing or hearing her? One sad tragedy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETIREDFAN1 Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Condolences to the family...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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