PHILADELPHIA — A 5-year-old Bucks County, Pa., boy, who was choked when the family dog pulled his scarf while playing in the snow last week, has died.
John Bruno of Warrington, Pa., died Saturday at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he had been transferred after the incident at his home in the Palomino Farms development.
His death from ligature strangulation was listed as accidental, spokesman for the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office James Garrow said.
On Wednesday afternoon, the boy’s mother, who was at home, looked out a window and saw her son facedown in the snow with the family’s 1 1/2 -year-old hound mix pulling at his scarf. She carried the boy, who was unconscious and unresponsive, inside to wait for medical help. He was taken to Doylestown Hospital and later transferred, Warrington police said at the time.
