Baby girl was scalded to death in bath

A BABY girl was scalded and died after her three-year-old sister turned on the hot water tap in their bath while their mother went downstairs to put some clothes in the washing machine, an English coroner said yesterday.

Baby girl was scalded to death in bath

The 21-month-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered 65-70% burns to her lower face, both legs and to the front of her body in the incident at her home in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on September 19, 2003.

She died two days later at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, the inquest at Halifax Town Hall heard.

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