He bad been handed a plastic bottle in the shape of a doll and filled with soft drink. He apparently inhaled the stopper after removing it from the bottle with his teeth. A doctor was on the scene within minutes but efforts to revive the child failed.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32392, 3 September 1970, Page 6
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