Parents' fury as seven-year-old boy is 'hanged' in school bathroom by fourth grade 'bully'

A seven-year-old lad has been near traumatized aft helium was 'hung' successful a bath astatine his simple school, according to his parents.

The second-grader astatine C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School successful Waldorf, Maryland, was injured and ended up astatine the infirmary aft the November 15 incident.

The boy, who was with a fourth-grader, ended up with his overgarment stuck connected a hook successful a bath stall, arsenic reported by WCAX.

The fourth-grader ran for assistance aft the lad started having occupation breathing, and the main freed the lad and called 911.

The boy's parent said connected societal media that helium was recovered 'foaming astatine the rima and unconscious.'

He was diagnosed with a cervix contusion, which is caused by humor trauma to the neck.

The second-grader's household is questioning however the incidental unfolded and whether bullying oregon racism was involved. 

'My lad did archer maine that they small lad told him, "I'm gonna amusement you however I did radical backmost successful the day,"' the parent said. 

'If you look astatine my lad helium has marks nether his eyes. He inactive has bruises connected his cervix from being choked,” the boy’s parents, who bash not privation to beryllium identified, told WCAX.

'He’s traumatized. It’s going to instrumentality time. This is not thing he’s going to conscionable get implicit overnight.'

The schoolhouse district, however, has denied bullying was progressive successful the incident.

'Two of our students were reportedly horseplaying successful a schoolhouse bath erstwhile 1 student’s overgarment got caught connected a stall doorway hook,' the territory said successful a statement.

'The pupil was not capable to escaped themselves and the different pupil progressive was besides not capable to assistance them. 

'This pupil near the bath to question assistance from unit and reported the incidental to administrators.'

But the boy's parents accidental the district's mentation does not marque consciousness to them.

She added: 'If you’re horseplaying, however bash you get caught connected a hook? We request answers. I privation answers, and we won’t halt until we get answers.'

The lad volition not instrumentality to the school, his parents said.

The parents are demanding the schoolhouse instrumentality polices specified arsenic hallway monitors to forestall bullying, and that they abstracted students by age.

'I privation to cognize wherefore is simply a 4th grader successful the aforesaid bath arsenic a 2nd grader? Most schools person them divided. I consciousness this is precise unacceptable,' she said.

The Charles County Public Schools has opened a probe into the incident.