Parents urged to curb accident risks

BEIJING - Parents should keep a closer eye on their children to help lower the alarmingly high number of accidental deaths, Beijing health experts told China Daily.

Accidents have become the biggest killers of minors under 14 in China, studies show, with the most common being drowning or fire-related tragedies.

Medics say many of the victims are the offspring of migrant workers, prompting calls for more efforts to educate and support rural and low-income families.