A three-year-old girl has died after choking in an Asda supermarket in Liverpool.
The tragic incident took place at a store in Aintree on Tuesday night, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Paramedics and a Hazardous Area Response Team were called to the store at at around 8.48pm.
The toddler was taken to Alder Hey Children's Hospital, but Merseyside Police have since confirmed she died a short time later.
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Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious and enquiries are ongoing.
A North West Ambulance Service spokesperson told the Echo: "Two emergency ambulances and a member of our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) responded to a 999 call that a child was suffering a medical emergency at ASDA on Ormskirk Road, Aintree.
"The call was made at 8.48pm yesterday evening. The patient was transported to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital."
The ambulance was at the scene in around nine minutes.
A Merseyside police spokesperson said: "We can confirm that emergency services were in Aintree following an incident last night, Tuesday 10 August.
"The ambulance service attended reports of a three year-old girl choking inside Asda on Ormskirk Road.
"The child was taken to hospital but sadly pronounced dead a short time later. The family are being supported by officers at this sad time.
"The incident is not currently being treated as suspicious and enquiries are ongoing.
"A file is in the process of being prepared for the coroner."
