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| Child killed by window blind cord | |
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| A two-year-old girl has died after what police described as a "tragic accident" in her bedroom. | A two-year-old girl has died after what police described as a "tragic accident" in her bedroom. |
| It is understood that Muireann McLaughlin had become tangled in a window blind cord at her home in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire. | It is understood that Muireann McLaughlin had become tangled in a window blind cord at her home in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire. |
| The alarm was raised after she was found by her father at home in Clifford Park at about 1630 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| She was taken to hospital in Stirling but was pronounced dead. The death is not being treated as suspicious. | She was taken to hospital in Stirling but was pronounced dead. The death is not being treated as suspicious. |
| A police spokesman said: "Central Scotland Police officers can confirm that a two-year-old girl has died in a tragic accident within her home address in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire. | A police spokesman said: "Central Scotland Police officers can confirm that a two-year-old girl has died in a tragic accident within her home address in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire. |
| "There are no suspicious circumstances and Central Scotland Police officers are supporting the family at this time." | "There are no suspicious circumstances and Central Scotland Police officers are supporting the family at this time." |
| A report into the circumstances will be submitted to the procurator fiscal at Alloa, as is standard procedure with any sudden death. | A report into the circumstances will be submitted to the procurator fiscal at Alloa, as is standard procedure with any sudden death. |
| 'Quite common' | |
| Roger Vincent, spokesman for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), said one or two children became entangled in a similar way every year in the UK. | |
| He said: "It is a terrible tragedy, but sadly it is one we have heard of in the past. | |
| "Unfortunately this is the kind of hazard that people don't think about in their own homes. | |
| "Loops and cords can pose a threat to children and they may be quite common around people's homes. | |
| "Our advice is that parents cut the loops on the cords and try to keep them out of the reach of children. | |
| "In an ideal world manufacturers wouldn't produce blinds and curtains with loop cords." |