Toddler chokes to death on meatball

Toddler chokes to death on meatball

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: An 18-month-old boy choked to
death on a meatball in Sungai Landas, Banjarmasin, South
Kalimantan, on Wednesday evening.

The boy, Renhat, had been left by his parents at a relative's
house in Batulicin, Tanah Bumbu regency.

The relatives gave the boy a meatball to eat, but it became
lodged in his throat and blocked his breathing.

Renhat was rushed to Batulicin Hospital, but died shortly
afterward.

"Almost everybody in the neighborhood loved and knew Renhat as
a plump, lovely and active toddler," said a tearful neighbor.

As relatives and neighbors gathered at the bereaved family's
house, Renhat's father Egal Simanjuntak said he could not believe
what had happened to only child. --Antara