‘Don’t let our child’s death be in vain’
03.10.2011
Dean Patrick Regan Russell
By SIMON BROUDER
Wednesday September 28 2011
THE devastated parents and family of a Tralee toddler who died after he became entangled in the cord of a window blind want to see the type of blinds that claimed the life of their beloved child banned.
Last Friday an inquest was held into the tragic death of 23-month-old Dean Patrick Regan Russell who died last January when he became entangled in the cords of a roller blind in his bedroom.
His family have now joined a national campaign seeking to have these blinds banned so other families can be spared the grief they have suffered. Continue Reading
Coroner Brian Farrell Calls For Ban on Roller Blind
24.09.2011Top News, New Zealand
After cases of deaths after being entangled in looped cord blinds, another case of a 23-month-old boy is being heard for the same in Dublin.
It was reported that on January 2, Dean Patrick Regan Russell got entangled in the blind which triggered his death on 7th January. Had that unfortunate incident not occurred, the infant would have enjoyed his birthday just two weeks after.
The most shocking part is that the product has no safety measures attached with it, there by escalating the belief that manufactures have probably overlooked the need for the same. Continue Reading