A baby sitter was accused of giving two toddlers a tumble in a clothes dryer to scare them.

Neither youngster was seriously hurt Friday. Toshina Cunningham, 5, suffered burns and bruises, and her 3-year-old sister, Ashley, received unspecified injuries, state police said. They were back home from the hospital by Sunday.No immediate charges were filed against the 14-year-old sitter.

The children's grandmother, Goldie Jack, said the sitter had admitted putting the children in the dryer.

"She told me that Toshina wouldn't go to bed, so she thought she would put her in the dryer and scare her," Jack said.

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Toshina said she freed herself by kicking the door open.

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