Consumer Reports offers advice on preventing a front-load washing machine accident after a 3-year-old died after getting trapped inside a washer.

Colorado mother warning other parents after 3-year-old was locked in washing machine filling with water Other children who have crawled into washing machines have not been so lucky ...

The situation began when the family's washing machine broke down on July 8, Lindsey wrote in a Facebook post. On July 9, they installed a new front-loading LG washer.