PATHANAMTHITTA: Five-year-old girl meets a tragic end after her neck got caught in a baby crib. Hridya, daughter of Haridas and Neetu, natives of Konni Chengara, Pathanamthitta, is the one who had the tragic fate. The accident occurred when Hridya got into the crib that was built for the younger child at home and got strangled.

No one was home at the time of the accident. The grandfather was out at the time of the incident. It is assumed that Hridya got into the crib when the grandmother went to the neighbouring house. The doctors say that the spring must have got stuck on her neck. There were marks on her neck which indicated spring tightening on it. When the grandmother came back, she saw the child stuck in the crib. She was rushed to Konni Taluk Hospital, but he was dead by the time they reached there. Police have registered a case of unnatural death.