Girl, 4, hangs herself with hairband 'as she copies TV cartoon'

[BertRoot]

Girl, 4, hangs herself with hairband 'as she copies TV cartoon'

A couple who found their daughter hanging by her hairband in a freak accident believe she was trying to copy a stunt from her favourite cartoon series.

Phil Brown and Lorraine Ford, 26, tried desperately to save four-year-old Paige when they discovered her in her bedroom but were unable to revive her.
Paige had recently watched a scene in which a character was swinging around with what looked like a rope attached to his neck.

A scene from Go Diego Go (left), a favourite of Paige Brown, pictured in a family snap opening her Christmas presents


She was with her grandmother who said the programme was either Dora The Explorer or Go Diego Go. Mr Brown, 33, said yesterday: "She can't be certain which one because she watched both with Paige.

"She even said to Paige at the time, 'You must never do that'. But no one could have foreseen what has happened. We are all absolutely heartbroken."

Paige was playing alone in her room at the family home in Hawkinge, near Folkestone, Kent, when the hairband became caught on a hammock where she kept her cuddly toys.

Her parents became worried when she did not reply after they called her for lunch on New Year's Day. They went upstairs to check and found her hanging with the hairband round her neck.

They called the emergency services and tried to resuscitate Paige before an air ambulance arrived, landing in a park near their home.

Despite the efforts of medics on board, she was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

Go Diego Go is about a boy who jumps, swings and sings in English and Spanish during his adventures.

Dora the Explorer features a young girl and her animal friends in a series of scrapes.

Both are shown on the digital channel NickJr, part of the Nickelodeon Group.

Mr Brown, who works for a vending machine company, also has a two-year-old son Kailun with Miss Ford, an administrative officer.

"Paige was the most beautiful, loving and caring girl you could ever have wished to have," he said.
"She was a bundle of joy who lit up every room she walked into - slightly mischievous but the most intelligent child I have ever known.

"We just don't know what we will do without her."
He has not been able to tell eight-year-old Daniel, his son from a previous relationship, the sad news.

"They spent a lot of time together, it's the hardest thing I will have to do," he said.
Miss Ford added: "Paige was just a great girl who lit up our lives."
She had just started at Churchill Primary in Hawkinge, where teachers plan a memorial service.

A post-mortem examination was held yesterday. The date for her funeral has not been set but Paige's family want mourners to wear pink, her favourite colour.

A spokesman for NickJr said: "Our deepest sympathies are with Paige's family. All NickJr programming is made with the greatest care and attention, especially for pre-schoolers."


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[DB]

Fuckin heart breaking

[marcode]

what a retarded kid lol

[DB]

what a retarded kid lol

My guess is your not a parent with stupid fuckin comments like that ??

one born every minute

[mladen]

Harsh, but there is no way you can blame the cartoon.

But it goes without saying really...where were the parents?

[Booyakasha]

what a retarded kid lol

lol

[neo2810]

But it goes without saying really...where were the parents?

Cmon... Its not like they were out having a Spanish meal

[Kalier]

really sad. Only up the road from me. Misses knows the family

[Breamy]

fucking tragic this is, fucking tragic indeed

[Fusen]

well at least the neck support is in the cartoon otherwise she would have tried it and fallen backwards and cracked her head on the floor...so least it wasn't messy :X

tbh I blame the parents for something like this as they are the ones teaching the kid not to do stupid stunts like this

[nitelife]

poor baby. Noone could have predicted should would try it, and probably wouldnt have imagined she would. I dont blame the parents, its a fucking cartoon.

[eggon]

what a retarded kid lol

Wanker

[liveseytowers]

Its tragic and i don't think you can blame the parents, she was in her room playing with a headband, its not like she was doing anything dangerous. Can't imagine how it would feel to lose your daughter, makes me actually feel sick!

[MsDG]

poor baby. Noone could have predicted should would try it, and probably wouldnt have imagined she would. I dont blame the parents, its a fucking cartoon.

WTF?

There is a tragic accident involving a hairband.
Someone comes up with a tenuous link to a cartoon that is soooo thin Rimmel are considering it for a advertising campaign.
People strat jumping on the "Noone could have predicted that" bandwagon.

The fact is that unfortunately tragic accidents like this happen all the time and the media doesn't generally give a flying fuck. The real tragedy is that it seems all you have to do is add some wild theory from your wacky Gran and before you know it Bert is posting it as current news!

[sanj]

Come on,some of the replie's here are a disgrace,the poor girl was playing in her bedroom with a hairband,how can the parent's be to blame?I myself as a parent can understand the pain the poor girl's mother and father must be going through wishing if only they had done something to prevent his,I have a four year old son who's all over the place at home and we can't keep an eye on him all the time.Rest in peace little one.

[cronus71]

Nobody should be blamed for this, unless it's a very cleverly staged murder..."just one more thing Sir!"
Of course it's horrible that a child has died, but what I don't like about this article is the fact that they have dragged the cartoon in it.

[BertRoot]

Kids are very unpredictable and you cannot be on them every minute of the day or you would stifle the discovery phase and make them clingy and reliant on you for everything. The parents are not to blame as they were doing what parents have to do and not stifling their daughter. Freak accidents happen, I know I was one!

[DB]

Nor the parents or the cartoon are to blame, its a freak accident that can happen in a second. Nobody watches their children every minute of the day, its impossible to do.

What shocks me is that some retards find it funny.

[eggon]

Nor the parents or the cartoon are to blame, its a freak accident that can happen in a second. Nobody watches their children every minute of the day, its impossible to do.

What shocks me is that some retards find it funny.

Completely Agree, there are some sick bastards on here who could do with getting a life

[nitelife]

WTF?

There is a tragic accident involving a hairband.
Someone comes up with a tenuous link to a cartoon that is soooo thin Rimmel are considering it for a advertising campaign.
People strat jumping on the "Noone could have predicted that" bandwagon.

The fact is that unfortunately tragic accidents like this happen all the time and the media doesn't generally give a flying fuck. The real tragedy is that it seems all you have to do is add some wild theory from your wacky Gran and before you know it Bert is posting it as current news!

I dont understand why you're being so aggressive. Im agreeing with you in that it was a tragic accident, I said that the parents were not to blame, and nor was the cartoon.

Aren't you contradicting yourself? You say that people starting jumping on the "couldnt be predicted" bandwagon but then go on to say that it was a tragic accident. Are you saying that hairbands should be banned?

As other people have mentioned, you cant watch a kid all the time. She was in her bedroom playing as far as the parents were concerned. I wouldnt have thought a hair band would have been that dangerous, but it obviously was - and someone already said, it was a freak accident.