Distraught 17 year old mother finds dead child by her side

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Daily News report on the tragedy of a 17 year old mother who inadvertently suffocated her four month old child.

The mother put her four month old son to sleep by her side in their room in Bo Win, Sri Racha, Chon Buri yesterday afternoon.

He was lying on his front with his head to one side, said ‘Ning’, who was inconsolable when recounting the events with rescue workers.

She said that, due to tiredness, she had fallen asleep by her child’s side. When she awoke later she found that he had his face buried in the mattress and was motionless.

She says he was was cold to the touch and she called Foundation medics urgently.

Medics say she blames herself for her son’s death saying that she had carried him for nine months and couldn’t even care for him for four.

Police accept that the situation was a terrible accident and that the child had died after shifting his position during sleep.

SOURCE: Daily News