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| Alexys Brown: Housing group assists in Weymouth child lift death probe | Alexys Brown: Housing group assists in Weymouth child lift death probe |
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| The housing association responsible for managing the home where a five-year-old girl died when her head became stuck in a lift said it was assisting police with their investigation. | The housing association responsible for managing the home where a five-year-old girl died when her head became stuck in a lift said it was assisting police with their investigation. |
| Firefighters helped free Alexys Brown from the lift at Emmadale Close, Weymouth, on Thursday, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. | Firefighters helped free Alexys Brown from the lift at Emmadale Close, Weymouth, on Thursday, but she was pronounced dead at the scene. |
| Aster Group said it would assist the police investigation "any way we can". | Aster Group said it would assist the police investigation "any way we can". |
| The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also confirmed it was investigating. | The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also confirmed it was investigating. |
| The coroner's officer said a post-mortem examination would be carried out next week and an inquest would follow. | |
| A spokesman for Astor Group said: "We're sorry to learn of a death at one of our properties at Emmadale Close, Westham, yesterday and our thoughts are with the little girl's family at this difficult time." | A spokesman for Astor Group said: "We're sorry to learn of a death at one of our properties at Emmadale Close, Westham, yesterday and our thoughts are with the little girl's family at this difficult time." |
| Due to the ongoing investigation into the circumstances of the death, he said it would be inappropriate for it to comment further "at this stage". | Due to the ongoing investigation into the circumstances of the death, he said it would be inappropriate for it to comment further "at this stage". |
| A Dorset County Council spokeswoman had said the authority had not installed the lift at the property. | A Dorset County Council spokeswoman had said the authority had not installed the lift at the property. |
| The two-storey house has a disabled ramp outside, but it is not yet known exactly what type of lift was involved in the death. | The two-storey house has a disabled ramp outside, but it is not yet known exactly what type of lift was involved in the death. |