JOHOR BAHRU: A two-year old Malaysian boy died on Tuesday afternoon after falling from a baby chair in an accident at a restaurant in Taman Sutera, Johor Bahru, according to a statement released on Tuesday by Johor Bahru North s deputy officer in charge of the police district superintendent Fariz Ammar Abdullah.
At around 3 pm, when he was eating, the boy acted in a manner outside the control of his parents by pushing against the table with his feet, causing the baby chair he was on to fall and he hit his head against the floor. The incident caused the deceased to cry loudly and lose consciousness. Mr Fariz Ammar said the incident was witnessed by restaurant staff.
The father brought the toddler to a private clinic, where he was advised by the clinic physician to take the child to the hospital as his condition appeared serious, he added.
The deceased s father then brought him to a private hospital in Iskandar Puteri where he was pronounced dead by medical officers on duty. He added that there was no criminal element in the incident, but an investigation under a sudden death report was ongoing.