Bouncy ball almost kills two-year-old Shrewsbury boy
A Shrewsbury mother today issued a warning to other parents after her two-year-old son almost died choking on a bouncy ball.
Little Toby Owen, two, got the little ball lodged in his airway while playing in the family’s front room. He turned blue and started bleeding from his nose.
It is believed the blue ball had bounced into his mouth as he played with his older sister Darcey, four, and a friend at their home.
Mother Carrie, 37, found Toby clutching his throat and struggling to breathe.
Together with father Rich, the couple from Belvedere, carried out CPR and desperately tried to remove the 4cm-wide ball as Toby’s jaw clenched shut.
Paramedics arrived within seven minutes and managed to retrieve the ball with specialist equipment.
Carrie, who works for West Mercia Police, said: “It was the worst day of our lives.
“We had a day of fun planned for the Easter holidays, we were baking cakes and Toby had his friend over to play.
