Soccer Goals Recalled on wsbradio.com

Posted 5:45am 9/17/08

WASHINGTON (AP) About 190,000 MacGregor and Mitre folding soccer goals are being recalled after the death of a young child.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says a 20-month-old boy from Texas was strangled when his head and arm became entangled in the net of one of the recalled goals.

The agency has received one other report of a child's head becoming entangled in a net.

The Chinese-made goals were distributed by Regent Sports Corporation and sold by sports and hardware stores nationwide, including Wal-Mart and Ace Hardware. They were available between May 2002 and May 2008.

Parents and caregivers are advised to stop using the nets. They can be returned to Regent Sports in exchange for a free, safe replacement.

For more information, call 877-516-9707.

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What others are saying

WTF
I agree we should also ban string!!!
By Mike D @ 09/17/08 05:06:56 PMreport abuse
Sad but not new
I totally agree with Tim. Unfortunately, instead of spending time with their children, many parents these days use TV and toys as babysitters. The kids ultimately pay the price.
By Al @ 09/17/08 11:40:25 AMreport abuse
WHAT
what are the kids head and arms doing in the net to begin with, have we devolved so much that even the little ones do not have any commen sence i mean come on what where they thinking "im spider man?" and where were the parents doing this whole thing i know exactily where my sissers are and can get them in half a second if need be. what where the parnets doing during all this
By tim @ 09/17/08 10:18:26 AMreport abuse

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