Post by emre on May 27, 2009 10:25:49 GMT
The four-year-old daughter of former US boxer Mike Tyson has died after accidentally strangling herself.
Exodus Tyson was found on Monday hanging from a cord dangling from a treadmill at her home in Phoenix, Arizona.
She was rushed to hospital in an 'extremely critical condition' and put on a life support machine, but was later pronounced dead.
Police said Exodus was playing on the treadmill when her head apparently slipped inside a cord hanging under the console.
She was found with the cord around her neck by her seven-year-old brother. The girl's mother tried to revive the child as they waited for emergency services.
Tyson, 42, was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and later flew to Phoenix. The former heavyweight boxer was seen entering the hospital after arriving in the city.
In a statement, the Tyson family said: 'There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus.
'We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal.'
Sergeant Andy Hill said evidence suggested that the injuries were the result of a 'tragic accident'.
He added: 'Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console, it's kind of a loop.
'Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose and she was obviously unable to get herself out of it.'
Exodus Tyson was found on Monday hanging from a cord dangling from a treadmill at her home in Phoenix, Arizona.
She was rushed to hospital in an 'extremely critical condition' and put on a life support machine, but was later pronounced dead.
Police said Exodus was playing on the treadmill when her head apparently slipped inside a cord hanging under the console.
She was found with the cord around her neck by her seven-year-old brother. The girl's mother tried to revive the child as they waited for emergency services.
Tyson, 42, was in Las Vegas at the time of the accident and later flew to Phoenix. The former heavyweight boxer was seen entering the hospital after arriving in the city.
In a statement, the Tyson family said: 'There are no words to describe the tragic loss of our beloved Exodus.
'We ask you now to please respect our need at this very difficult time for privacy to grieve and try to help each other heal.'
Sergeant Andy Hill said evidence suggested that the injuries were the result of a 'tragic accident'.
He added: 'Somehow she was playing on this treadmill, and there's a cord that hangs under the console, it's kind of a loop.
'Either she slipped or put her head in the loop, but it acted like a noose and she was obviously unable to get herself out of it.'
