A 15-month-old child from the Limburg municipality of Borgloon died after he choked on a peanut. The little boy ate the peanut while he was with his grandparents at a café. The tragedy happened last weekend. The little boy was taken to hospital in Liège, where he later died.
Tragedy struck during a day out in the town of Tongeren (Limburg Province). The toddler and his grandparents stopped for a drink on the terrace of a café in the town. It was there that the boy choked on a peanut.
He showed signs of suffocation and the emergency service were called. The toddler was taken to the Citadel Hospital in Liège (around 20km from Tongeren) where he died later on Sunday.