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| Boy, 3, killed at Highland Show | Boy, 3, killed at Highland Show |
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| A three-year-old boy has died following an accident at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Show. | |
| The child was taken to The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh with serious head injuries following the incident, at about 1330 BST. | The child was taken to The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh with serious head injuries following the incident, at about 1330 BST. |
| Initial indications were that the child was playing near concrete bollards in a car park at the time of the accident. | |
| A Lothian and Borders Police spokesman said despite efforts of medical staff, the child died at about 1450 BST. | A Lothian and Borders Police spokesman said despite efforts of medical staff, the child died at about 1450 BST. |
| Further enquiries will be carried out by police to establish exactly what happened. | Further enquiries will be carried out by police to establish exactly what happened. |
| Officers are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward. | |
| Ray Jones, Royal Highland Show chief executive, said: "This has been a tragic accident and our thoughts and sympathies are with the boy's family at what is a very difficult time. | |
| "We are helping with investigation agencies and co-operating fully with their enquiries." |