[Tony Montana]

A SIX-year-old boy nearly died when his tongue got stuck on the lid of a Sainsbury's reusable plastic water bottle.

Riley, from Lancaster, needed emergency surgery at the local hospital after his tongue went black and quickly swelled in his mouth.

Riley Wooff was sat in the back of the car when he began shouting that his tongue was stuck and begged his mum to call an ambulance
His mum Clare, realised something was really wrong when her son when he shouted from the back of the car that his tongue was stuck.

Pulling over and expecting to easily be able to free him from the lid, Clare panicked as it wouldn't move at all.

After several attempts, her frightened son Riley begged her to ring an ambulance so Clare rushed him to Lancaster Royal Infirmary, Lancs, where several medics also failed to remove the lid from his tongue.

As the little boy's tongue continued to swell Clare was taken aside and told he was going to need major surgery - but there was a risk it could kill him.

A team of 10 medics done Riley's operation and were finally able to remove the lid under sedation, meaning he left hospital with his tongue still intact - albeit with a temporary speech impediment.

Now Clare is calling on all parents to throw out any similar water bottles without safety gauze in to protect the tongue and is urging Sainsbury's to recall these water bottles.

Clare, from Carnforth, Lancaster, said: "It was the scariest day of our lives.

"To think this is an everyday item most kids would have in their school lunch boxes - it's scary.

"To other parents, please, just throw them away. Even as an adult, it's easy to put your tongue in these bottles messing around.

https://www.familiesonline.co.uk/new...ter-bottle-lid

Mess.