Horror as a baby dies after getting caught in the straps of a bag – while the devastated parents issue a warning
- Mia Macphee from Scotland was only one when she died in the tragic accident
A baby girl died after getting caught in purse straps hanging from a door, her parents have revealed.
Mia Macphee from Alness, Northern Scotland, was just 14 months old when she died in the tragic accident last month.
Her parents Connor and Hannah had only been gone for a few minutes when their daughter, who was usually loud, went quiet.
Connor went to look and found Mia tangled in a small handbag-style backpack with thin straps hanging from the door.
As he untied her, he yelled for Hannah, who took Mia to the kitchen floor and began CPR, while Connor called an ambulance, which rushed her to Raigmore Hospital.
Mia Macphee (pictured with her father Connor) from Alness, Northern Scotland, was just 14 months old when she died in the tragic accident last month
Her parents Connor and Hannah were only minutes away from Mia when their daughter, who was usually loud, went quiet
Baby Mia had been deprived of oxygen and it took 30 to 45 minutes for her heart to start beating again.
The year-old was taken to hospital in Edinburgh, where his family spent nearly four days with her before she died.
Hannah told the Press and Journal, “Connor and I were in bed with her. I had my hand on her chest and felt her slip away. Her heart stopped beating.
Connor went to look and found Mia tangled in a small handbag-style backpack with thin straps hanging from the door.
The bubbly baby was rushed to the hospital, where she tragically passed away four days later
“We fell asleep with her between us. That was the last real time we had with our little girl.’
She added, “Mia was bubbly, sassy, and a daddy’s girl in every inch. We could never have predicted that we would lose her. We thought we still had years.
“We pay tribute to her for being amazing, but also so that this doesn’t happen to any other family.
“We can’t stress this enough to anyone reading this: We haven’t even thought about a bag hanging on a door. But you have to think about everyday things like that.’
