A four-year-old California girl died after she climbed into a washing machine and her toddler brother turned it on, authorities said today.
Kayley Ishii, who lived with her brother and parents in Mission Viejo, about 80 km south of Los Angeles, died on Monday of blunt force trauma inflicted by the machine, Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.
Mr Amormino said it wasn't clear how or why Kayley got into the washer but that the controls were only about 50 cm off the ground, within reach of her 15-month-old brother.
"The boy could have easily bumped into it or turned it on," Mr Amormino said. "The injuries are consistent with what happened in the washing machine."