Indian toddler dies in Oman after TV set falls on him

DUBAI: A 18-month-old Indian toddler has died in a freak accident in Oman, when a television set fell on him as he was playing with the connecting wire, a media report said today.

Aadhi, whose parents are from Kerala, died on Friday due to intense bleeding. The body of the baby was flown back to India yesterday, the Times of Oman reported.

"We heard that both the parents were not present in the room when the tragedy happened," friends of the grieving family said. The baby was rushed to a private hospital in Bausher.

"As the baby's internal organs suffered damage in the accident, the internal bleeding was beyond control, which led to the death of the baby," a family friend added.

The family was living in Al Khuwair and the baby's father reportedly works for a landscaping company.