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AREA GIRL, 4, CHOKED IN CAR WINDOW DIES.


Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer

A 4-year-old girl who became wedged in a car window has died, coroner's officials said Monday.

Alejandra Mendoza's life support was removed Christmas Eve after she was declared brain dead at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. .

Family members said the girl choked herself while reaching into her family's 1989 Geo Metro The Geo Metro first appeared in Chevrolet-Geo showrooms in 1989. It was a rebadged version of the Suzuki Cultus, sharing many of the drivetrain and interior components. The Metro was a direct replacement for the Chevrolet Sprint, a subcompact hatchback that was several inches  through a partially opened window Dec. 19 outside their home.

Because she couldn't open the door to retrieve a newly purchased coloring book, the girl reached through the window, then somehow became stuck.

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 spotted her and told their mother, who found Alejandra with her feet on the ground and her chin hanging from the window crack. Her father and a sheriff's deputy performed CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac
 until paramedics arrived.
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Date:Dec 30, 1997
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