A FOUR-year-old girl has died suddenly after being found unresponsive at a house in Stranraer.
The child was found in the Dumfries and Galloway town on Sunday and died in hospital a short time later.
Her death is being investigated but is being treated as unexplained, police said.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "Around 06.10 on Sunday 16 July, officers were called to a report of an unresponsive child at an address on Eastwood Avenue, Stranraer.
"Emergency services attended and the four-year-old girl was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of death, which is currently being treated as unexplained."
