A five-year-old boy died on Thursday from a head injury after a large stone vase fell on top of him as he played in his family's garden in Guidonia, northeast of Rome.
The boy had climbed onto a wall while he father was doing some jobs outside but lost his balance and grabbed onto the vase, which toppled onto him, Rome daily Il Messaggero reported on its website.
The child's parents took him to the emergency room at Rome's Sandro Pertini hospital by car but he could not be saved.
Police are investigating the tragedy.
