18-Month-Old Baby Dies After Accidentally Drinking Gasoline While Playing In Kitchen

An 18-month-old baby died in India after he accidentally drank gasoline from a bottle in the kitchen.

The incident took place Tuesday in the eastern state of Odisha. According to the doctors, the gasoline was kept in a bottle to refill the stove. The toddler boy was playing in the kitchen when his mother forgot the bottle on the floor after refilling the stove. She then got involved in her household chores, the police said, according to Times Now.

The child, identified as Vedant, consumed the entire bottle. Minutes later, his eyes turned white and he started vomiting. He also had difficulty breathing.

The victim was then rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. However, his health deteriorated, while he was being moved to a specialty hospital. The child then died due to medical complications, Ananda Bazar reported [Google Translate showed].

In September, a 6-year-old child died after accidentally drinking pesticide that was stored in a soft drink's bottle. The victim had been identified as Shanvika, the daughter of Rajesh and Lavanya, from Bheempur village in the southern state of Telangana. Shanvika came across the bottle while playing in the house. She thought it was a carbonated soft drink. The bottle reportedly contained pesticides meant for cotton crops. After drinking the pesticide, the child started feeling unwell and began vomiting. Her parents rushed her to a hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead. According to Telangana Today, the child's parents were busy with some household activity at home when the incident took place.

In April, a college student was in critical condition after mistakenly drinking acid, thinking it to be water. After the game was over, he went to a nearby shop and purchased a water bottle. Instead of handing over a water bottle, the shopkeeper gave him an acid bottle that was stored in the fridge. After drinking from the bottle, he began vomiting, following which he was hospitalized.