Toddler rescued by firefighters after getting head stuck in toy truck

Honey · January 3rd, 2009, 07:49 AM

Zachary Van Der Hooren, from Colchester, Essex, sat on his favourite toy but as he slipped off he got his head wedged in the mechanism.
His mother Joanna, 32, dialled 999 when she could not pull him free and a team of firefighters rushed to the rescue.
She said: "I was tugging and tugging but I couldn't get his head out. I was more upset than he was - I was really panicking.
"When I dialled 999 I was screaming 'my baby has his head stuck'."
Paramedics and firefighters rushed to the home in Colchester, Essex, at 2.45pm on New Year's Eve and rescued the youngster.
Station officer Joe Hassel, of Colchester fire station, said: "We didn't need to use tools.
"I just pulled a bracket apart to release the tailgate of the tipper and the baby was free. The whole thing was over in minutes."

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msdeb · January 3rd, 2009, 01:16 PM

back on the bus ride to hell with me..... i laughed

greysfang · January 3rd, 2009, 01:43 PM

OMG,my oldest did this when he was two. He got his foot stuck in the handle of his wagon and it swelled up so we couldn't get it out. I thought it might be broken or something. Anyway, the firemen came and cut the thing off his foot and laughed at us. I was mortified, but now looking back on it, for them it was probably a nice little break from such a tough job.

MrsDark · January 3rd, 2009, 04:00 PM

Prepared to get flamed out the ass for this, but...

Stuff like this is why it helps to have a daddy around the house. My husband would have had that solved in about a minute.

Also: It's a plastic toy, FFS. I think my son was disassembling those and putting them back together himself when he was that age.

Freaking people, I swear... When I can't get an ambulance for a real emrgency I'll know why.

twitchy2.0 · January 3rd, 2009, 04:03 PM

And this is news why?

DeChayz · January 3rd, 2009, 04:07 PM

He's got Zoolander hair

MrsDark · January 3rd, 2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DeChayz

He's got Zoolander hair

And it accentuates his fivehead.

mella · January 3rd, 2009, 04:38 PM

I stuck my arm through a hole in the back of a wooden chair for children when I was little . It happend in the waiting room of my pediatrician . I was loud , very very loud

Fly_On_TheWall · January 3rd, 2009, 05:49 PM

Damn, I wanted to see a picture of him with the truck stuck on his head.

greysfang · January 3rd, 2009, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MrsDark

Prepared to get flamed out the ass for this, but...

Stuff like this is why it helps to have a daddy around the house. My husband would have had that solved in about a minute.

Also: It's a plastic toy, FFS. I think my son was disassembling those and putting them back together himself when he was that age.

Freaking people, I swear... When I can't get an ambulance for a real emrgency I'll know why.

Actually my ex did try to use some little drill/saw thingy he had to cut it off, but I screamed bloody murder and wouldn't let him try it. There was no way I truested him with that thing around my squirming baby.

Glitter · January 3rd, 2009, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fly_On_TheWall

Damn, I wanted to see a picture of him with the truck stuck on his head.

Call me evil but so did I.

smf · January 4th, 2009, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Glitter

Call me evil but so did I.

me to

he looks like the kid from jerry mcguire film

katerpillar · January 4th, 2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MrsDark

Stuff like this is why it helps to have a daddy around the house. My husband would have had that solved in about a minute.

How do you know there isn't? At 2.45 pm on New Years Eve (which was a workday), her husband/partner could have been at work or something, for all we know.

LOL at the kid. It's a good story for his 21st.

ang · January 4th, 2009, 09:41 AM

omg, that kid is cute.

Pippin69 · January 4th, 2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MrsDark

Stuff like this is why it helps to have a daddy around the house. My husband would have had that solved in about a minute.

Not all Daddy's are good at stuff like this, though. My pregnant best friend put the crib, high chair, and stroller together herself, because her husband had no clue how to use a screwdriver.

I honestly think a woman could have done the same thing. I would have. I've never had a probably using tools being a woman.