March 26, 2018 By Tara Law
A 7-year-old Astoria girl died two days after she accidentally choked herself while playing with a bathrobe tie, police say.
Precise Tucker, who was performing a prank on her mom, tied a belt around her neck and roped the other end around a refrigerator handle while eating a bag of chips around 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
The girl’s mother saw what her daughter was doing but walked into another room and left the child alone, police say. The mother told police that the girl often pretended to be hurt or dead.
Tucker’s 15-year-old brother discovered his sister choking on the chips and ran for help.
Police responded to a 911 call around 8:20 p.m. and found the child unconscious and unresponsive.
An ambulance rushed Tucker to Elmhurst General Hospital, where she died two days later.
A spokesperson from the Medical Examiner’s office said that foul play appears to be unlikely given the office’s initial report.
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you can not be that ognorant tom, and that also goes for the likes you received, freakin horrible
U must be one misserible person how can anyone say things like this
50 years ago we all played war or cowboys and indians and we all pretended to fall dead. Its normal for a child. I do not believe that anyone was at fault. It is only a terrible accident.
So sorry for your loss and I am sure that this child is in a better place, next to God.
If the child often pretended to be hurt or dead, why wasn’t she getting professional evaluation and help? That isn’t normal behavior for a young girl.
RIP .. & CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY..
Rip little angel
Often pretended to be hurt or dead ??? Why ??
I understand why they went to Elmhurst when we have Mt. Sinai near our home… she is our neighbor…
Mt sinai do not have pediatric care that’s why they brought her to elmhurst
i didnt know that it was her who died ii is so sad
Now the mother will hire a lawyer and sue the manufacturer of the refrigerator, the bathrobe tie, and the potato chip company.
No need for stupid
I would brand you a moron – but that would be an insult to people with low intellect. Get in touch with your humanity, Tom.
Stupid is as stupid does.
…and, clearly, you can relate….
No one has “done” anything except you’ve been expressing mean and callous remarks. Go be miserable somewhere else. This is a sad story about a little girl.
She was a young child. How sad it must be to be you.
So sad. “The girl’s mother saw what her daughter was doing but walked into another room and left the child alone”