Two and half-year-old toddler choked to death on a piece of bubblegum in a Kmart store in Perth.
Eisa Rahman was with his mother at Kmart to buy a toy when his mother gave him a bubblegum to keep him quiet.
But instead of chewing, he accidently swallowed the gum and started choking.
The witnesses and bystanders told 7 News that the little boy turned blue and they saw the mother screaming asking for help.
People around tried to help the child but by the time paramedics arrived, little Rahman was unconscious and had stopped breathing, 7 News reported.
Rahman was taken to nearby Joondalup Health Campus where he was pronounced dead.
It is understood the boy died due to choking on bubblegum.
Essa’s father Shams Rahman rushed through the Perth traffic to make itto hospital but didn’t get a chance to say last goodbye to his ‘only beloved son.’
He thanked the community for its support on Facebook: ‘Thank you for your heartfelt sympathy with which you shared your great love.
‘My only beloved son Essa Rahman Siddiqui was only two and a half years old.’
Shams Rahman told The West Australian that his wife was in trauma and had been sedated to cope with this tragedy.
Meanwhile, this incident has been referred to the Coroner's Court of Western Australia for further investigation.
