Daughter of Mike Tyson Perishes in Hanging Accident
Four-year-old Exodus died after accidentally strangling himself with a treadmill cord.
26 May 2009 –After what authorities described as a “tragic accident” on a home treadmill, Exodus Tyson, the 4-year-old daughter of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, passed away on Monday in a Phoenix hospital.
Exodus was on life support after she unintentionally strangled herself in her central Phoenix home with a string hanging from a treadmill. According to ABC News station KNXV-TV, who cited police Sgt. Andy Hill, she passed away at 11:45 a.m.
“Under the console, there’s a cord that hangs in a loop; she was playing on this treadmill somehow,” Hill explained.
She could clearly not break free from it, and it felt like a noose.
A brief clip from KNXV-TV showed the former champ showing up to the hospital on Monday wearing black slacks and a white button-up shirt. Before entering, he frowned and looked about.
After learning about the accident, Hill said that Tyson, 42, who had been in Las Vegas, quickly took a plane to Phoenix.
The fighter released a statement, saying, “The Tyson family would like to send our deepest and most heartfelt thanks for all your thoughts and support, and we ask that we be allowed our privacy at this difficult time.” “Our beloved’s awful death cannot be adequately described in words.
Phoenix police released a statement stating that the toddler was playing in a playroom when the incident happened, and the child’s mother was cleaning the house.
The 34-year-old mother was “in difficulty,” according to the police statement, when her son went to check on what Exodus was doing.
After he phoned his mother, the police said, she was discovered on a treadmill with a cable from the exercise machine wrapped around her neck.
According to the police, the mother of the child rushed into the room, untied her from the cord, dialed 911, and then began CPR.
The girl was unconscious when the police came, so they took up the CPR-giving duties from the lady right away. policemen from the fire department replaced the CPR-giving policemen when they arrived, according to the police.
