Friday, September 8, 2023

Killed by a Power Window on This Day in History

This day in history: A 21-year-old mother was killed by a power window on this day in 2019. 

"According to Daily Mail, Yulia Sharko was out celebrating her 21st birthday with friends and family when she decided it was time to leave.
So, she and her daughter left the party and started their journey home, but something strange happened along the way. 
The report claims Sharko was attempting to pull her child out of a ‘half-open window’ in the front seat of her car when her daughter pressed the automatic window button. The window then closed on her neck—cutting off air supply and asphyxiating the mother.
Sharko’s ‘lifeless body’ was later found by her husband, Artur, who says he went out looking for his family after they failed to return home." Source

Power windows do kill, but they usually kill children. Power windows have killed at least 65 children since 1990. The victims are mostly age 3 and younger. The deaths have included: 
A 3-year-old girl in Dallas
A 4-year-old boy in Wisconsin
A 2-year-old girl in Arizona
A 3-year-old boy whose mother found him trapped in a power window.

 

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