Kindergartner in Massachusetts dies of choking

Feb. 1, 2008
5-year-old boy was riding home on school bus

A kindergartner in Marlborough, Mass., died Wednesday after choking while riding a bus home from Francis J. Kane Elementary School. Medical personnel responded immediately, but were unable to revive the 5-year-old boy, school officials say. The boy swallowed a "foreign object" that was not food.
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UPDATE: Holding the metal paper fastener believed to have choked her son to death, Sonja Cobb angrily blamed the city of Marlborough for the loss of the 5-year-old boy. Cobb says there should have been someone on the bus who knew first aid, and she vows to fight to have monitors placed on school buses.
Click here to read The Boston Globe article.

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