Marley Johnston: Washing machine's glass door explodes in tot's face leaving him with horrific injuries
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM: A toddler sustained horrific injuries on his hands and face after the glass door of a washing machine exploded in his face. On February 23, Tory Johnston posted on social media saying, "(Please) keep your children away from washing machines," prompting other parents to take precautions.
The upset mother claimed that she was preparing dinner while her son, Marley, was watching the washing machine, "go round like he always does" when she heard a "bang". "I turned around and watched the glass shatter all over my baby’s face and hands," she said.
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'His lacerations are so bad that he is being taken to surgery'
"His lacerations are so bad that he is being taken to surgery. Please keep your little ones away from the front of your machines. This could (have) killed my precious baby," Johnston wrote, and shared pictures ofher son and glass fragments and blood on the floor, mentioning that she had a BEKO washing machine.
Johnston said she was speaking up to "raise awareness" about the incident. Her post attracted thousands of comments, with many expressing worry and confusion over the occurrence. "OMG how scary, hope the baby is OK — how the hell did it shatter like that," someone said. "I hope your little one is doing OK, I have shared as it could kill someone else’s baby, I hope (you’re) doing OK (too)," another said. "That’s horrific, I hope baby’s better soon," someone else added.
'Same thing happened to my washing machine'
Some others quickly noted that they had seen same thing happen with their own washing machines. "God bless her, that happened to my washing machine literally only me got hurt a piece of glass in my leg but why does this happen because it wasn’t overloaded and there was only a little bit in the wash," someone commented. "Speedy recovery little one. I remember my washing machine went like this luckily no one was hurt," another replied. "The same thing happened to my washing machine ... luckily the kids (weren’t) near it as (they) always (used) to be. Hope he’s feeling better (soon), thinking of you all," someone said.
Johnston said she was grateful to all and shared an update on Facebook, alongside a picture of Marley sleeping peacefully. She wrote, "Thank you so much for everyone’s lovely comments & shares. I appreciate every single one of you!! My little man is a trooper and he’s going to be well taken care of by the plastic surgeons."
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