The mother of a three-year-old girl who was left with blood pouring from her head after an accident in a Liverpool hotel says her daughter is still suffering psychologically. Danielle Kenny, 35 from Widnes, was staying at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool City Centre when her daughter Valencia when a corner cabinet in the room fell on her as she attempted to open a cupboard.
The incident happened around 11am on Saturday, August 2, and saw the toddler rushed to Alder Hey Hospital with deep lacerations to her head. Ms Kenny told the Liverpool Echo: “I was getting ready to wash the kids and as I’ve ben undressing my nine-month-old and then Valencia, she was behind me, and she was next to this corner unit. It was tall, from the floor almost to the ceiling, and it was on three legs with it being a corner unit.”
“She’s tried to open the door on the bottom half of the unit and it’s toppled over. She was trapped underneath it and the top half was glass, so her head has gone straight through the glass.
“I’ve jumped up as soon as I’ve heard the bang and her scream. I’ve took the unit off her and her whole face and head was pouring with blood so I’ve quickly got a towel, put it over her head and I just ran out of the room with her and down to reception.”
Valencia received treatment for a 6cm cut and two 2cm cuts on her head before being discharged around 5pm but has been left with gruesome looking injuries.
Her mother added: “Psychologically it’s really affecting her already, she’s been sobbing saying nobody will want to play with her because of her head and her hair, and she won’t go out the door.”
Ms Kenny has reported the incident to Liverpool City Council and comes almost three years after Chloe Haynes was crushed to death by a wardrobe in a room at the hotel.
The 21-year-old was found dead in her hotel room at the Britannia hotel in the early hours of September 10, 2022.
Three men were arrested on suspicion of murder but released without charge when police concluded the death was accidental.
The Daily Express has contacted the Britannia Hotel for comment.