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Holtsville toddler dies after window blind chain accident

A Holtsville toddler whose father found him tangled in a window blind chain in their home has died, Suffolk police said.

The boy, identified by police as Brandon McCarthy, 2, was pronounced dead Saturday at about 3:15 p.m. after being treated in Stony Brook University Medical Center's intensive care unit.

The boy's father began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation after finding his...

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