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| Two-year-old girl dies at nursery | Two-year-old girl dies at nursery |
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| A two-year-old girl has died at a nursery in what the nursery's staff said was a "freak" playground accident. | |
| Essex Police and ambulance services were called to Eton Manor Day Nursery, Chigwell, Essex, at 1115 GMT. | |
| The child was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, and certified dead at 1141 GMT. | The child was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital, Leytonstone, and certified dead at 1141 GMT. |
| Police said the parents of the girl were at the hospital and police family liaison officers had been appointed to help them. | Police said the parents of the girl were at the hospital and police family liaison officers had been appointed to help them. |
| Nursery staff are helping police with their investigation. Earlier police had described the death as "unexplained". | |
| 'Freak accident' | |
| In a statement, Eton Manor Children's Day Nursery and the directors of Casterbridge Care and Education Ltd said: "Our thoughts are with the child's family at this terrible time. | |
| "We are obviously co-operating fully with the Essex Police investigation. While we don't want to pre-judge the outcome of the investigation, this appears to have been a freak playground accident. | |
| "At the request of the police, we have not spoken to the members of staff who were in the play area at the time of the incident. | |
| "It is a position of great privilege and responsibility to care for children and the safety and security of those children is of the utmost importance to us. | |
| "We have informed the families of the other children at Eton Manor of this incident and the nursery is closing as a mark of respect and to facilitate the investigation." | |
| The nursery said it was offering counselling to people affected by the incident. |