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| Police investigate circumstances surrounding child with burns |
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| Monday, 23 March 2009 | |
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Cliff Buchan News Editor A police investigation into the circumstances surrounding first and second degree burns to an 18-month-old female infant is continuing in Forest Lake this week. Chief of Police Clark Quiring said authorities are looking at all aspects of the incident to make sure that what happened was an accident. On Wednesday, March 18, police were notified of the child’s injuries by Washington County Social Services. The county child protection unit had been alerted to the child’s condition by Gillette Childrens Hospital in St. Paul that same morning, Quiring said. According to police reports, the incident took place in the 700 block of SW 12th St. in Forest Lake between 4-4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17. Quiring said the child’s 21-year-old mother told police the child was burned while the two were in the shower and were hit with scalding hot water without notice. Quiring said the mother took the infant to Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming after the child showed signs of blistering and bleeding. He said the infant had first and second degree burns over 40 percent of her body with the burns concentrated on her upper torso. Quiring said the child was admitted to the Wyoming hospital shortly before 8 p.m. on March 17 and was transferred by North ambulance to Gillette around 1 a.m. on March 18. The child remains in the intensive care unit at Gillette Childrens Hospital in serious condition, Quiring said. Social Bookmarking ...       |
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