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Gunner Matthew Hyatt, 6, died of suffocation due to a balloon on May 29, officials and family said; The little boy had just graduated kindergarten at his Mount Carmel, Ill., elementary school ...

A 6-year-old boy was killed in a rare accident where he was suffocated by a Mylar balloon filled with helium, an Illinois coroner’s office said.

A 6-year-old boy was killed in a rare accident where he was suffocated by a Mylar balloon filled with helium, an Illinois coroner’s office said.

A 6-year-old boy was killed in a rare accident where he was suffocated by a Mylar balloon filled with helium, an Illinois coroner’s office said.

A 6-year-old boy died last month in what the the Wabash County coroner has concluded was a “tragic accidental death” involving a balloon.

A 6-year-old boy was killed in a rare accident where he was suffocated by a Mylar balloon filled with helium, an Illinois coroner’s office said.

An Illinois boy – who had just celebrated his sixth birthday – tragically died after inhaling helium from a Mylar balloon, family and officials said.. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated to death ...

A 6-year-old boy died last month in what the the Wabash County coroner has concluded was a “tragic accidental death” involving a balloon.