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Tyson's daughter dies aged four | |
(about 16 hours later) | |
The four-year-old daughter of US boxer Mike Tyson has died, a day after she was injured while playing at home, police in Phoenix have said. | |
Exodus Tyson had been in hospital on life support since Monday, when she was found with her neck caught in a cable of a treadmill exercise machine. | |
Mr Tyson, an ex-heavyweight champion, was in Las Vegas when it happened, but flew to Phoenix on Monday. | |
A police investigation has ruled the death a "tragic accident." | |
"I was just advised by investigators that Exodus Tyson was pronounced deceased at 1145 [local time on Tuesday - 0445 GMT] at the hospital," Phoenix police spokesman Andy Hill said in a statement. "Our sympathies go out to the family." | |
Police had earlier said the girl was playing on the treadmill on Monday when her head apparently slipped inside a cord hanging under the console. | |
They said the girl had either put her head in the looped cord or slipped and was unable to remove it. | |
She was found by her older brother at the family's home in Arizona. | |
The child's mother had called emergency services when she was alerted by her son and tried to resuscitate her. | The child's mother had called emergency services when she was alerted by her son and tried to resuscitate her. |
The family has asked for privacy. |