New York Daily News

Police probing death of toddler

- Thomas Tracy

COPS ARE investigat­ing the death of a 2-year-old boy in Brooklyn who lost consciousn­ess after suffering a fever early Thursday.

The panicked parents of Bryson Figueroa called 911 after the child was found unresponsi­ve inside their Vernon Ave. home near Marcus Garvey Blvd. in BedfordStu­yvesant about 3:20 a.m.

Medics rushed him to Woodhull Hospital, but doctors couldn’t save the tot.

Bryson’s mother told police that her son had a fever on Wednesday night.

She gave him medicine before putting him to bed, but when she checked on him a few hours later, he was unconsciou­s.

An autopsy has been scheduled to determine how the child died, police said.

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