Relatives’ fight over Christmas tree seriously injures toddler
Angry at her mother-in-law, Sandra Price allegedly threw a Christmas tree across the room. The mother-in-law tried to pick it up, but then Price said she couldn’t have it, Illinois police said.
The two women wrestled over the four-foot-tall tree, and unfortunately Price’s little girl got in the way. Part of the tree hit the 21-month-old child and injured her left eye. She had to undergo surgery and it’s unclear whether she will lose the vision in the eye, authorities said.
On Monday, Price, 28, was arrested and charged with reckless conduct, the Telegraph newspaper of southern Illinois reported. The incident happened on Christmas Eve in Madison County, Ill., and the charges were made after a police investigation and review by prosecutors.
The fight occurred in a motel where the family had been staying because a fire displaced them from their home earlier in the month.
Stupidity like this should be dealt with by sending the person responsible to jail until the little girl can see again, and if she can no longer see, the responsible party should NEVER get out of jail!