A child has died after a medical emergency at home. There was a large emergency service presence in Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire on Tuesday, May 9. Dyfed Powys Police and the ambulance service have confirmed they were attending reports of a medical emergency at an address in the village.
Police have sadly confirmed that an infant passed away as a result of the incident. WalesOnline understands the infant was a very young child. The property was on Bro Einon in the Glan Duar area of the village.
A spokesperson from Dyfed Powys Police said: "At shortly before 1pm on Tuesday (9 May) emergency services from Welsh Ambulance Service and Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police attended an address in the Llanybydder area in response to reports of an infant in medical emergency.
"Sadly the infant passed away. Police are now assisting HM Coroner in order to establish the full circumstances of the death and are supporting the family at this tragic time."
A Welsh Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called on 09 May, shortly before 1:00pm, to reports of a medical emergency in a property in Glanduar Llanybydder. We sent one community first responder, one emergency ambulance, one rapid response vehicle and a duty operational manager to the scene, where we were supported by the Wales Air Ambulance and the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service.”
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