Tragedy with a dead infant who choked on spaghetti bolognese, in a nursery in Britain.
The horrific spaghetti incident happened just four weeks after nine-month-old Oliver Steeper started Jelly Beans Day Nursery in Ashford, Kent, UK, in September 2021.
Authorities are blaming the infant’s shocking death on a daycare worker who fed spaghetti bolognese to four children at the same time, including Oliver who choked to death in hospital six days later.
Giving evidence to the inquest, worker Loetta Collins said it was “really” unusual for one person to feed four babies at the same time.
The special educator was not feeding Oliver when he began to choke, but had “minced” his food and was the “main person” responsible for his care, the trial was told.
The 31-year-old started working at the nursery around the same time Oliver was signed up.
The little boy was eating mashed meals at home and his parents believed he was “in no way able to chew” properly.
Collins told the inquest that she and Oliver’s mother, Zoe Steeper, had discussed how her son’s food should be prepared before he joined.
I asked her: “How would you like it?”
He said: “Chopped,” the inquest heard.
On the day Oliver choked on his penne pasta and bolognese, Collins had chopped the pasta before another member of staff gave it to him.
Asked if it was common practice for staff to feed four children at once, she replied: “Not exactly.”
The nursery worker said she first knew something was wrong with Oliver when he “made a sound like he was going to cry, but he didn’t start crying”.
Collins, who is trained in first aid, immediately realized Oliver was choking and tried to slap him to clear his airway, she told jurors.
The baby was rushed to hospital but tests revealed she was not going to survive and she died six days later.
Jelly Beans Day Nursery has since been locked down.
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