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Baby Cribs linked to Serious Injuries

One Million Graco and Simplicity Cribs Recalled

Defective Drop-Side Linked to Suffocation and Death

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of one million Simplicity and Graco cribs after three children died of suffocation. The deaths occurred because the drop-rail side of the crib was installed upside down, which created a gap in the crib that children can fall into and suffocate. A 6-month-old and a 9-month-old died in the recalled cribs, which were sold through May 2007. A 1-year-old child died in a newer model of the cribs, which have not been recalled yet but are under investigation by the CPSC. The CPSC has reports of seven other infants becoming entrapped in the recalled cribs and 55 reports of the cribs' drop sides detaching or the hardware failing to hold the side to the crib.

Simplicity Inc.is listed as manufacturer of all the cribs but they were also sold under the Graco brand name. The recalled cribs, priced between $100 and $300, were sold by U.S. retailers and chains including Target Corp., Big Lots Inc, Babies "R" Us and family-owned Meijer Inc. under the Simplicity or Graco brands, from January 1998 through May 2007. In a separate recall in June, the commission recalled about 40,000 Nursery-in-a-Box cribs, manufactured by Simplicity, because the assembly instructions incorrectly explain how to attach the drop side.

The currecnt recall involves multiple models and models numbers

Recalled Simplicity crib models:

• Aspen 3 in 1
• Aspen 4 in 1
• Nursery-in-a-Box
• Crib N Changer Combo
• Chelsea
• Pooh 4 in 1

Recalled Graco crib models:

• Ultra 3 in 1
• Ultra 4 in 1
• Ultra 5 in 1
• Whitney
• Trio

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