A police investigation has been launched after a newborn baby died within a house on a Scots street.
Emergency services raced to the scene on North Erskine Street in Dundee on Sunday evening.
Police and ambulance crew attended the incident.
A newborn baby was confirmed to have died within a house on the street in the Stobswell area of the city.
Police are treating the death as "unexplained."
A post mortem is due to be held to establish how the baby died.
A police spokesperson said: "Around 7.05 pm on Sunday 8 August, 2021, police received a report of a newborn baby having died within a house in North Erskine Street, Dundee.
“A post mortem examination will take place in due course to establish the exact circumstances of the death which police are currently treating as unexplained.
“A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”
It was reported that at least three police cars and an ambulance incident response unit were at the scene on Sunday night, with a police presence remaining there into Monday morning.
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