Hyderabad: Toddler dies after hot water bucket accident

The victim, Bunny went near a bucket filled with water, which was being heated by an electric immersive heater rod. Quite unaware, the toddler went near the bucket and tried handling it. As a result, the bucket accidentally tilted and the hot water fell on him

Hyderabad: A four-year-old boy who had received critical injuries when a bucket full of hot water fell on him at his house in Jawaharnagar, died while undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital on Tuesday.

The victim, M Bunny, was staying with his parents Narasimha and Laxmi, both daily wage workers at Balaji Nagar, Jawaharnagar.

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According to the police, on Monday, while playing in the house, Bunny went near a bucket filled with water, which was being heated by an electric immersive heater rod. Quite unaware, the toddler went near the bucket and tried handling it. As a result, the bucket accidentally tilted and the hot water fell on him.

In the process, the toddler suffered grievous burns and was immediately shifted to the Gandhi Hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment.

The Jawaharnagar police are investigating. The body was shifted to the morgue for an autopsy.