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One-million cribs recalled

Improperly placed rail is blamed in deaths.

WASHINGTON - About 1-million Simplicity and Graco cribs are being recalled after three children became entrapped in them and died of suffocation, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.

A 6-month-old and a 9-month-old, died in the cribs, which were sold through May 2007. A 1-year-old died in a newer model, which has not been recalled but is being investigated by the safety agency, commission officials said.

Commission spokesman Ed Kang would not comment on when or where thechildren died.

In all three deaths, the consumer had installed the drop rail side of the crib upside down, the safety commission said. This creates a gap in the crib that children can slide into and suffocate.

Seven other infants have been entrapped in the cribs, according to the commission. There have been 55 reports of the cribs' drop sides detaching or the hardware failing to hold the side to the crib.

Simplicity Inc., of Reading, Pa., is listed as manufacturer of all the cribs, which were made in China.

For more information, consumers can contact Simplicity at 1-888-593-9274.

[Last modified September 21, 2007, 23:58:01]