LAPD investigates choking death
Police said Wednesday they were investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy who choked on a hot dog during a Haiti fundraising event at the San Pedro Boys & Girls Club.
The boy choked on the hot dog during a contest last week and died several days later after he was taken off life support, said Sgt. Danny Contreras of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Harbor Division.
He said people tried to help the boy before rescuers arrived. “None of them were able to dislodge it from his throat,” Contreras said.
Mike Lansing, the center’s executive director, told the Daily Breeze that contestants ate a hot dog and bun with whipped cream on it.
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