3yr old Toddler Crushed by Gate

CBS reports:

As for Regional Property Advisers, the firm which has been inspecting this CHA property for the past two years, it contended that due diligence was exercised.

Spokesman Ronald O'Neil said, "We visually check the property on a regular basis and I can tell you that in this particular instance, there's a gate that has a chain on it and it has been chained up and it did not fall over."

That's of small comfort for Curtis' family. They expressed skepticism over that explanation.

"They didn't do anything to that one. I guess they thought because it wouldn't move. The gate wouldn't move, so I guess it was rusting out, that's why it wouldn't move. Then all of a sudden, he touched it and the whole dang gate fell on him," Springfield said.

As for the Chicago Housing Authority, it released a statement which reads:

"The Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Housing Authority are conducting an investigation to determine what occurred. The Chicago Housing Authority is deeply apologetic towards the family for the accident that occurred."

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