How exactly was it accidental? The kid was mimicking a hanging and hung himself. Sounds like it was pretty deliberate to me.A 10-year-old boy in the US accidentally hanged himself while apparently mimicking the execution of Saddam Hussein.
A lot of people leave their kids alone at early ages, or maybe the kid was up in his room and the rest of the family was downstairs--that's pretty common. Unattended doesn't necessarily mean completely out of the house. :\
Very true. I've stayed at home by myself before at younger ages before.
I would say this is more of a common sense/stupidity incident. I mean even at ten I knew I would more than likely die if I put a noose around my neck hanging from something that was taller than me.
What happens if I join this rope with this one, tie them both to a tree branch, and fall? Let's see, I'm so excited!