Babysitter and infant dead after freak accident

GREENLAWN, New York

An autopsy will determine the exact cause of deaths.

The incident took place on /*Lafayette Street*/ in /*Greenlawn*/, /*Long Island*/ Thursday night.

Police say when they arrived to the home they found 39-year-old Teresa Coffey, and the infant Michael Baldwin III unresponsive. The father of the boy was the first to find them.

"I picked him up I was like Michael, Michael, Michael he said nothing he didn't say anything, there was no breathing, there was no cry there was nothing," said Michael Baldwin.

/*Baldwin is a reporter at News 12 Long Island.*/

The infant was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital upon arrival, and Coffey died there later.

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