Posted on 03/18/2021 4:07:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Not giving CNN a click so can you tell us how the child died?
But, it’s perfectly okay for kids to be near treadmills before they die, right?
Thanks. Saw that on family texts a couple of hours ago. Family members have Pelotons and the stock. They love them. This will be interesting.
From the excerpt: ‘The company won’t be disclosing any additional information about the incident “out of respect for the family and privacy.”’
No details revealed.
Treadmills can be tricky if you haven’t quite figured out how to safely dismount them. The best way is to cut the power off and just keep walking, waiting until it comes to a full stop.
Many people don’t want to wait that long, so they’ll devise other ways to leave the machine. If one is not in coordination with that ever moving belt, you could easily find yourself thrown off the horse, so to speak.
3 yo boy was trapped under a Peloton Tread Plus, found by his father to be not breathing and pulseless - he was resuscitated and now has significant brain injury. He was found to have tread marks on his back matching the slats of the treadmill, neck injury, and petechiae on his face, presumably from occlusion of blood flow.
At one time I had a treadmill. It was in the basement Family Room, next to the bar. The cat liked to sit on the bar and watch me run.
One day, he decided to jump on my shoulders from the bar, then fell off, hit the treadmill belt and was flung into the wall behind us. WHOMP!
He only did that once. (He was OK; lived to a ripe old age.)
Sorry this family is going through this. Maybe Harry Reid can advise them on these types of accidents. ;)
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Treadmills are a bigger danger to toddlers than COVID ever was.
Are we banning treadmills anytime soon?
Double masked, and MOPP gear treadmill running only.
Perhaps an inflatable McGyver avalanche vest too...
don’t want to give any hints for copycats
My 6 year old granddaughter loves my treadmill and begs to use it whenever she’s over. I guess I’ll “forget” where I put the safety key next time she visits. Sigh.
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