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| Mile End Park: Girl, five, killed in tree trunk collapse | |
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| A five-year-old girl has been killed in an accident in a park play area in which a tree trunk collapsed. | |
| Alexia Walenkaki was in the play area in Mile End Park, east London, on Friday evening when it happened. | Alexia Walenkaki was in the play area in Mile End Park, east London, on Friday evening when it happened. |
| She went into cardiac arrest and died in hospital about an hour after the accident, which is being investigated by police. | She went into cardiac arrest and died in hospital about an hour after the accident, which is being investigated by police. |
| Alexia's mother told the Evening Standard a rope swing snapped, causing a tree trunk to fall on the youngster. | Alexia's mother told the Evening Standard a rope swing snapped, causing a tree trunk to fall on the youngster. |
| Vida Kwotuah told the newspaper she was watching her daughter playing when suddenly she saw a "log falling down". | Vida Kwotuah told the newspaper she was watching her daughter playing when suddenly she saw a "log falling down". |
| The park remains closed, but friends and family have been leaving floral tributes to Alexia. | The park remains closed, but friends and family have been leaving floral tributes to Alexia. |
| One tribute reads: "Dear Alexia, you were my best friend in the whole wide world. When I fell over you would pick me up. You were good at football, you are indeed my best friend, Corrine." | One tribute reads: "Dear Alexia, you were my best friend in the whole wide world. When I fell over you would pick me up. You were good at football, you are indeed my best friend, Corrine." |
| Mile End neighbourhood policing team tweeted: "We would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family of Alexia Walenkaki, who tragically died in Mile End Park on Friday." | Mile End neighbourhood policing team tweeted: "We would like to express our sincerest condolences to the family of Alexia Walenkaki, who tragically died in Mile End Park on Friday." |
| The Metropolitan Police and the Health and Safety Executive are jointly investigating the death. | The Metropolitan Police and the Health and Safety Executive are jointly investigating the death. |
| Post-mortem tests are due to take place on Wednesday. | Post-mortem tests are due to take place on Wednesday. |