Toddler crushed by flat screen television CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A 13-month old toddler has become the fourth Chicago area child to be killed by a falling television set, police said. Shaun Brown of Chicago was fatally crushed when a 100-pound flat-screen TV fell on top of him, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday. The television had been placed on a narrow wooden stand that was meant to hold a fish tank. Televisions that tip over account for nearly half the furniture accidents that send children to emergency rooms, the head of a child safety organization said. Dr. Gary Smith, president of the Child Injury Prevention Alliance, told the Tribune that there has been a 40 percent increase in tip-over injuries nationally. Smith said he thinks more children are being injured by televisions because people tend to put flat-screen TVs in places that are easier for children to reach. His group advocates using tip-over straps and mounting brackets for all televisions and heavy, unstable furniture.