2 year old boy dies in tragic accident

..2-year-old boy killed by mum’s reversing car
By meiyingt | SingaporeScene – Wed, Jun 15, 2011
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The Harringtons live in a rented bungalow along Jalan Binchang. (Yahoo! photo / Ion Danker)

A two-year-old Australian boy was accidentally killed on Monday afternoon by his mother as she was driving her car in reverse at their home in Jalan Binchang in Bishan.

According to media reports, the toddler, Henry Harrington, was playing with his skate scooter at the front gate when he saw his mother returning home.

He ran toward her white multi-purpose vehicle as it reversed into their two-storey rented bungalow.

His mother, a housewife, did not see him and ran over him, only realising what had happened when a passing taxi driver yelled at her to stop the car, according to The Straits Times.

At that time, the family's domestic helper was doing chores at the back of the house, while Henry's older sister, aged 4, was inside. His older brother, 6, was out on a play date.

Neighbours saw Mrs Harrington screaming and holding her son, as she performed CPR on him while waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

Businessman Jack Lee, who lives opposite the Harringtons, said that he heard his neighbour's screams and ran to their house where he saw a pool of blood under the family's car, reported The New Paper.

"At first, I thought it was a dog," Lee said on seeing Mrs Harrington with her son. "But when I looked closer, I realised it was a child. She was panicking and shouting for someone to save her son."


Henry was then rushed to KK Women and Children's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:45pm.

A police spokesperson said that investigations are ongoing and that they have questioned Mr and Mrs Harrington.

Henry's father, Dion, said his wife usually brought Henry along whenever she went out.

"Yesterday was one of the rare occasions she left him at home," he said.

He also said he plans to bring his son's body back to Perth, where they lived before moving to Singapore in September last year.


He said, "We will probably just have a service in Singapore, but we intend to bring him back to Perth this weekend."

This is so tragic. No parents should go through this. Everytime parents have to bury their kids ...it so sad, so sad bcoz me and my family went through it and I never, never want it to happen to anyone else. It is so heartbreaking when something tragic happen like this.

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