Police: 7-year-old boy fatally crushed by dresser in Harlem

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NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a 7-year-old boy was killed when a dresser fell on him in his East Harlem apartment.

Authorities say police, firefighters and emergency medical workers responded to a 911 call at 7:30 p.m. Monday and found the boy trapped between a dresser and the bedroom door.

Rescuers freed the child and took him to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police say the boy was in the bedroom when the dresser fell on him and blocked the door, so firefighters had to remove the door to get access to him.

They say no criminality is suspected.