wound, Dubose said.

Questioning Salovich and the child's mother separately, Dubose said Salovich told police that he was asking the toddler questions about numbers and would "pop" her when she answered incorrectly. Salovich said he had used the same method to discipline the child at least five times per week, Dubose said. Salovich told police he used a bamboo rod until it broke, then switched to a cellphone cord to administer some of the licks. Other blows came from his hand.

"He did state that on that day, the child was giving an unusual amount of incorrect answers," Dubose said.

The girl was later taken by helicopter to a Jackson hospital for treatment, where she died Saturday afternoon, Dubose said. Police said the toddler's injuries included bleeding in the brain andresistance to wear and tear. Conventional inflatable tires generally have short operational life spans of about six months. Further, the typical rugged operating environment for OTR vehicles exposes the tires to possible failures, such as punctures, blowouts, tears, and separation of the tire from the rim. Thus, the time and cost to maintain such OTR vehicles increases because the inflatable tires need to be replaced due to normal wear and tire failure. For mining vehicles, for example, shortages of suitable replacement tires may cause a mine operator to shut down production while waiting for new replacement tires. This may cause particular hardships for remotely located mines that receive sporadic or irregular shipments of new supplies.
While improvements in the durability of such inflatable tires continue to be made, such