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Ellen Kirwin

Two-year-old child dies after 'incident' at house

A two-year-old child has died after being involved in an incident in North Wales.

Emergency services were called to a property in Garden City, Deeside, at around 10pm on Saturday, August 14.

Ambulance workers arrived on the scene first and then alerted police.

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The toddler was taken to hospital in Chester by ambulance staff and then later transferred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, the Daily Post reports.

Police have confirmed that the child died last night, on Monday, August 16.

The death is currently being treated as 'unexplained' by police who say they are working with partner agencies 'to investigate the circumstances of the incident.'

A North Wales Police spokesperson said: "Police were called shortly after 10pm on Saturday night (14/8) by Ambulance colleagues, to an incident involving a two-year-old child at a property in Garden City, Deeside.

"The child was taken to hospital in Chester by Ambulance staff and then later transferred to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, where they sadly died last night.

"The death is currently being treated as unexplained, and we are working with partner agencies to investigate the circumstances of the incident."

Anyone with any information should contact police via webchat at https://orlo.uk/Dwlcz or by calling 101 and quoting reference Z119454.

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