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Police investigate suspected toddler blind cord death | Police investigate suspected toddler blind cord death |
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Police are investigating the death of a toddler found dead inside her cot after apparently becoming tangled in a blind cord. | Police are investigating the death of a toddler found dead inside her cot after apparently becoming tangled in a blind cord. |
The girl, aged two, was found at a luxury home in Notting Hill, west London, on Monday. | The girl, aged two, was found at a luxury home in Notting Hill, west London, on Monday. |
She was pronounced dead by paramedics less than an hour later. | She was pronounced dead by paramedics less than an hour later. |
Scotland Yard said it was treating the death as non-suspicious and a post-mortem examination was scheduled. | Scotland Yard said it was treating the death as non-suspicious and a post-mortem examination was scheduled. |
Non-suspicious | Non-suspicious |
A force spokesman said: "Police were called by the London Ambulance Service shortly after 2.25pm on Monday following reports of an injured infant. | |
"On arrival, officers found a two-year-old girl who was treated by paramedics and taken to a west London hospital. She was pronounced dead at 3.17pm. | "On arrival, officers found a two-year-old girl who was treated by paramedics and taken to a west London hospital. She was pronounced dead at 3.17pm. |
"A post-mortem at Great Ormond Street Hospital is scheduled to take place in due course." | "A post-mortem at Great Ormond Street Hospital is scheduled to take place in due course." |
The spokesman said a woman, believed to be the toddler's mother, was taken to hospital and treated for shock. | The spokesman said a woman, believed to be the toddler's mother, was taken to hospital and treated for shock. |
"Officers from Kensington and Chelsea CID are investigating the incident," he said. | "Officers from Kensington and Chelsea CID are investigating the incident," he said. |
"At this stage it is being treated as non-suspicious." | "At this stage it is being treated as non-suspicious." |
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