- Third-grader Fernando Hernandez Jr. was electrocuted on Friday in Houston
- The 10-year-old boy was pronounced dead after he climbed into a tumble dryer
- The fatal incident was the result of a game of hide-and-seek inside an apartment
- Other kids who were playing with Fernando found him unresponsive in the dryer
- Distraught mother Christina Rodriguez said her younger son first informed her Hernandez Jr. was ‘dead on the floor’
A 10-year-old Houston boy who died after he climbed into a tumble dryer during a game of hide-and-seek was electrocuted.
The autopsy report determined third-grader Fernando Hernandez Jr.’s cause of death on Monday
The child climbed into the machine in a laundry room of the apartment at the 12300 block of Fleming Drive on Friday.
Third-grader Fernando Hernandez Jr. was electrocuted after hiding in a tumble dryer during a game of hide-and-seek on Friday in Houston
The child climbed into the machine in a laundry room of the apartment at the 12300 block of Fleming Drive on Friday
Police Detective Michael Arrington confirmed that other children who were playing with Fernando found him unresponsive in the dryer, according to KHOU.
‘The family came out to provide CPR… at this time, it appears that it could be an accident.’
The distraught mother of the boy, Christina Rodriguez, said to ABC 13: ‘I don’t know what happened.’
Mom of electrocuted boy, Christina Rodriguez, said her younger son first informed her Hernandez Jr. was ‘dead on the floor’
She said: ‘I was just inside cooking… and my little son came inside and told me my son was dead on the floor.’
The child had been transported to Bayshore Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Hernandez Jr. is survived by three younger siblings.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a bulletin in December about several suffocation deaths involving children who crawled inside latch-type dryers.
Authorities are seen standing outside the scene of the east Houston apartment complex
Police say the 10-year-old was playing a game of hide and seek. The autopsy report confirmed he was electrocuted
Video courtesy of KHOU
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