Uttara Kannada: In a tragic incident, a 13-year-old boy suffocated to death after a balloon got stuck in his throat at his home in Joganakoppa village, Haliyal taluk, Uttara Kannada district, on Sunday.
The boy, identified as Naveen Narayana Belgaumwakar, a Class VII student at the government primary school in Joganakoppa, was blowing up a balloon on Sunday when it accidentally slipped into his mouth and got stuck in his throat. Struggling to breathe, he was rushed to a hospital, but died on the way, according to police sources.
Doctors at the Haliyal Government Hospital later removed the balloon, but the boy could not be saved. The Haliyal police registered a case regarding the incident.
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