MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old girl died after she climbed into a washing machine and her little brother switched it on, Orange County sheriff's officials said Tuesday.
Kayley Ishii apparently climbed into the front-loading washer Monday and her 15-month-old brother managed to start the device, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
"The boy could have easily bumped into it or turned it on," Amormino said. The machine's controls were 20 inches from the floor and the start switch was a simple push button, he said.
The girl was in the water-filled, tumbling machine for at least two minutes before her mother, Mayumi Ishii, found her.
Investigators said the mother could not explain why Kayley climbed inside the front-loading washing machine.
"They don't know if they were playing or what," Amormino told the Orange County Register. "It is very unusual."
Kayley died at a hospital Monday night after doctors tried to revive her for several hours. An autopsy found she died of blunt force trauma and the death was ruled accidental.
The girl's father, Reuben Ishii, declined to comment to reporters.
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