Girl dies in washing machine

[desertrat]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050805/ap_on_re_us/washing_machine_death

MARION, Va. - The mother of a 5-year-old girl
who died in a coin-operated washer sued the
machine's manufacturer, saying it started up
with the child inside even though no money
had been put into the machine.


I have to wonder what was the kid was doing in the machine and how did she get there? How did the door get shut? Perhaps the co. is partially to blame and it must have been horrible for the mom, but s*** ! Don't try this at home folks.

 

[meangirl]

I have to wonder what was the kid was doing in the machine and how did she get there? How did the door get shut? Perhaps the co. is partially to blame and it must have been horrible for the mom, but s*** ! Don't try this at home folks.

Hope's 14-year-old half brother has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in her death. Officials have refused to explain the details of his alleged involvement. But in a statement issued Friday, the Wagoner family said, "Our son would never have hurt his sister" and did not have 11 quarters

When this first happened it was said the brother put her in there...

 

[desertrat]

That was the first I saw of the incident. Thanks.

 

[RoseRed]

http://forums.somd.com/showthread.php?t=51658&highlight=washing+machine

 

[hvp05]

I have to wonder what was the kid was doing in the machine and how did she get there? How did the door get shut? Perhaps the co. is partially to blame

It is an all-around tragedy. The girl and her half-brother must have been playing around, somehow it started up and it all happened in the mother's absence. I am curious why the door can not be opened once the cycle has started. And I am unsure that the half-brother should be convicted; it would hinge on if he knew the potential effect of his actions and what his intent was.

 

[hvp05]

http://forums.somd.com/showthread.php?t=51658&highlight=washing+machine

I wasn't around then...

 

[aps45819]

I am curious why the door can not be opened once the cycle has started.

Since it takes 11 quarters to run it, it must have been one of the big front loading machines. Once they start to fill, the door locks so you don't accidently open it and dump the water out.

 

[tomchamp]

http://forums.somd.com/showthread.php?t=51658&highlight=washing+machine

You seem to like to point out when people start threads that you started. However yours was when in first happened. This NEW THREAD is about the lawsuit. Big Diff!

 

[meangirl]

I wasn't around then...

It's a different article anyway...the first one was about the girl dying. This one is about her mother suing the machine's manufacturer.

 

[RoseRed]

You seem to like to point out when people start threads that you started. However yours was when in first happened. This NEW THREAD is about the lawsuit. Big Diff!

Desertrat stated that was the first he heard about the incedent. I posted my thread because it had the original story link to it.

 

[mAlice]

You seem to like to point out when people start threads that you started. However yours was when in first happened. This NEW THREAD is about the lawsuit. Big Diff!

Maybe she posted it so if anyone wasn't familiar with the story, they could bring themselves up to date.

 

[RoseRed]

It's a different article anyway...the first one was about the girl dying. This one is about her mother suing the machine's manufacturer.

TY.

 

[mAlice]

Desertrat stated that was the first he heard about the incedent. I posted my thread because it had the original story link to it.

Just as I suspected.

 

[RoseRed]

Just as I suspected.

That makes two with some common sense.

 

[Bogart]

I think the laundromat should sue the mother because now they have a haunted washing machine.

 

[RoseRed]

:sniggle: