Girl found hanging by her coat while playing outside, police say

A 4-year-old girl was found hanging by her coat while playing outside of a home day care in Enfield, police said.Click here to view News 9’s reportThe girl suffered a traumatic, life-threatening injury and was taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.Police did not identify the day care they were called to Monday afternoon. Several children were playing outside when a 4-year-old’s coat got stuck on a branch and began choking her, police said.“It appears the child had gotten hung up on a lean-to-type stick with her jacket. It may have gotten caught and that cut of her airway,” said Chief Richard Crate Jr. of the Enfield Police Department.The day care provider had stepped away for just a few moments, police said.“She had another child that was inside so she had gone inside,” Crate said. “She was kind of going back and forth, is what she reported, and so she was not there when this accident happened.”The day care provider was alone and started CPR and called 911. Police and rescue workers took over before the girl was taken to a hospital.“These are probably the worst calls,” Crate said. “Anything involving a child. We were there in a few minutes, but again when anything like this comes in, you can never be there fast enough.”No criminal charges are being considered at this time, police said. Additional agencies could be called in as the investigation continues.

A 4-year-old girl was found hanging by her coat while playing outside of a home day care in Enfield, police said.

Click here to view News 9’s report

The girl suffered a traumatic, life-threatening injury and was taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Police did not identify the day care they were called to Monday afternoon. Several children were playing outside when a 4-year-old’s coat got stuck on a branch and began choking her, police said.

“It appears the child had gotten hung up on a lean-to-type stick with her jacket. It may have gotten caught and that cut of her airway,” said Chief Richard Crate Jr. of the Enfield Police Department.

The day care provider had stepped away for just a few moments, police said.

“She had another child that was inside so she had gone inside,” Crate said. “She was kind of going back and forth, is what she reported, and so she was not there when this accident happened.”

The day care provider was alone and started CPR and called 911. Police and rescue workers took over before the girl was taken to a hospital.

“These are probably the worst calls,” Crate said. “Anything involving a child. We were there in a few minutes, but again when anything like this comes in, you can never be there fast enough.”

No criminal charges are being considered at this time, police said. Additional agencies could be called in as the investigation continues.