A Nelson toddler has been killed after becoming entangled in a blind cord.
The 14-month-old boy, whose first name is Mac, died on December 22, after he became tangled in the cord while he was in his cot in his Brunner St, Nelson home.
An adult at the home found Mac and called 111. An ambulance spokesman told the Weekend Herald that staff were told the boy had been strangled, and believed he was still in his cot when the tragedy occurred.
"The patient was deceased ... some form of choking or hanging. But it was asphyxiation in a cot."
Staff tried CPR to revive the child but he could not be saved.