A young boy has tragically died following an accident involving a large helium balloon the same size as him. Karlton Noah Donaghey, was found on the floor of his home in Dunston, Gateshead, with a dinosaur-shaped balloon over his head and neck.
Karlton Noah Donaghey, 5, was found on the floor at home with a large dinosaur-shaped balloon over his head and neck Karlton Noah Donaghey, 5, was found on the floor of his home in Dunston, Gateshead, with the dinosaur-shaped balloon over his head and neck.
‘I think he’s put himself in the balloon to be a dinosaur to go outside and surprise his nieces. I pulled the balloon off him and I screamed. The boy spent six days in intensive care before his ventilator was switched off at The Great North Children’s Hospital.It is thought Karlton died from helium poisoning, though this has not yet officially been confirmed by a coroner Lisa, who is also mum to 25-year-old Kaitlin, 20-year-old Joe and 15-year-old Will, said she bought Karlton the huge green balloon as a gift during a trip to The Hoppings funfair in Newcastle the previous week with his dad Karl, 35.
On the day of the accident Lisa’s daughter Kaitlin and her eight-month-old twin daughters, Renàe and Tiànna Hodgson, were visiting.
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