Third Toddler Dies From IKEA Dresser Disaster: Company Urges Parents To ‘Read Instructions More Carefully’

Two-year-old Ted McGee tragically passed away on February 14, 2016 after his mother Janet had put him down for a nap.

Janet checked on Ted every 20 minutes, as she usually does when the child would nap. All was fine on this February day, until Janet went to check Ted again. Upon going into her son’s room, she saw he wasn’t in his crib. Instead, what she saw was the six-drawer dresser in her son’s room had tipped over with her son underneath it.

Janet and her husband’s lawyer, Alan Feldman, tell local news that neither of them heard a thing. First responders were unable to resuscitate their son.

“They didn’t hear the dresser fall. They didn’t hear Ted scream.”

Ted’s passing comes just months after IKEA was forced to make a statement in July regarding the death of two toddlers, Curren Collas and Camden Ellis, in the last few years.

In response, IKEA issued the following statement:

“We at IKEA offer our deepest condolences to the McGee family. At IKEA, we believe children are the most important people in the world and the safety of our products is our highest priority. Upon being informed of this incident, IKEA US immediately reported it to the authorities and an investigation is taking place.”

They continued by saying that authorities told them that the dresser in question was NOT bolted to the wall like IKEA instructions stress it should be.

“IKEA US has been advised that the product was not attached to the wall, which is an integral part of the products’ assembly instructions. We wish to emphasize that the best way to prevent tip-over of chests of drawers is to attach products to the wall with the included restraints and hardware per the assembly instructions. IKEA has included restraints with our chest of drawers for decades, and wall attachment is an integral part of the assembly instructions.”

“WARNING – Serious or fatal crashing injuries can occur from furniture tip-over. To prevent this furniture must be permanently fixed to the wall. Secure it! Learn how to prevent furniture tip-over accidents.

View the tip-over restraint assembly instructions for chest of drawers.”

Janet says she and her husband bought the dresser back in 2012 before Ted was born. She says they had no idea the dresser needed to be securely fastened to an anchored object.

If you find this story as horrifying as we do, please SHARE with a parent in your life to warn them of the dangers of not properly securing furniture. Don’t let this happen ever again!

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