A toddler reportedly bled to death after he swallowed a button battery that burned through his organs despite frantic efforts from paramedics to save his life.
Jonathon Huff was just 23-months-old when he ingested a battery that spent four days burning through his oesophagus, intestines and aorta which ultimately caused fatal bleeding.
The toddler, who was known as 'Nugget’ and was from North Carolina, US, died on December 20, after eating the disposable battery without his parents noticing, the Sun reports.
His parents, Jacki Huff, 35, and AJ Huff, 34, were said to have believed he had a viral infection, as the battery caused nosebleeds and a temperature.
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