Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod
Kasargod, Jan 10: A toddler tragically died at Uduma here on Sunday January 10 after she accidentally consumed kerosene.
The deceased has been identified as one-and-half-year-old Hrithik, son of Das and Renuka, residents of Erol, Uduma.
Sources said that the child was playing at home, when he accidentally took a bottle of kerosene and consumed it.
The toddler grew sick and fell all of a sudden, and the bottle of kerosene was found near him.
Hrithik was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Uduma.
On doctors' advice, the child was shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru for further treatment, but unfortunately could not be saved.
It is said that the bottle of kerosene had been bought for the purpose of some painting work in the family's house. It is suspected that the child must have taken it from the verandah where it was kept.