Infant Killed by Youth Bed Toy Chest

Youth Bed Toy Chests Sold at Costco Recalled

About 9,350 LaJolla Boat Bed and Pirates of the Caribbean Twin Trundle Beds are being recalled immediately. The toy chests pose a life-threatening risk of entrapment and strangulation because the lid supports on the toy chests fail to prevent the lid from closing too quickly.

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received one report of a death involving a 22-month-old boy of Roseville, CA. He strangled when the lid of the toy chest fell on the back of his head and entrapped his neck on the edge of the chest of a LaJolla Boat Bed.

This recall involves two styles of Bayside youth beds: the LaJolla Boat Bed and the Pirates of the Caribbean Twin Trundle Bed. The preassembled toy chests are designed in the shape of a ship or boat's "bow" and attached to the beds as a footboard. The LaJolla Boat Bed toy chest has a hardwood top and white wood base with a blue stripe. The Pirates Boat Bed toy chest has a hardwood top, wheel shape and brown wood base with decorative carvings. The Youth Bed Toy Chests are made in China and imported by Bayside Furnishings (a division of Whalen), of San Diego, CA. They were sold through Costco and Costco.com, and furniture retail stores nationwide from January 2006 through May 2008 for between $700 and $1,400.

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Published on Jul-7-08