2-year-old freed after getting head stuck between staircase balusters in Beverly

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BEVERLY, Mass. — Police and fire responded to a home in Beverly on Friday after a 2-year-old got his head stuck between staircase balusters.

According to his mother, 2-year-old Theo was playing and waiting for his grandmother to take him to the park when he put his head between the balusters.

Firefighters were able to pull the balusters apart to free the boy’s head.

To keep Theo distracted, his mother played Bluey on his iPad for him.

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