AMHERST — A 1-year-old boy suffered second- and third-degree burns Monday when he was splashed with hot water from a crockpot while at Kiddie Kollege in Amherst.

Police were called at 4:30 p.m. to the daycare in the 7000 block of Leavitt Road after ambulance personnel notified them that the child had been transferred to the hospital.

Amherst police Lt. Joseph Kucirek said the boy was sitting in a highchair next to the crockpot, which is used to warm baby bottles, when he pulled it off the refrigerator it sat on.

The water scalded the boy’s right elbow, upper arm and upper leg, Kucirek said. A Kiddie Kollege employee and administrator applied preliminary first aid to the boy by wrapping his burns with cold towels. He was transferred to Amherst Hospital, where he was treated and released.

Police continue to investigate who was responsible for the child and how long he was left unattended, Kucirek said.

Kiddie Kollege, a private preschool and daycare, has six locations throughout Lorain and Cuyahoga counties. Calls to its corporate office in Bay Village were not returned Thursday.

 

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