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Five year old girl dies after emergency services rush to east Manchester street
The child was pronounced dead at the hospital
A five-year-old girl has tragically died after police rushed to a street in east Manchester.
Officers were called out to a property down Levenshulme Road, Gorton on Friday, July 22nd, amid concerns for a child’s welfare.
Pictures showed several police cars and an ambulance at the scene on Friday afternoon, with eyewitnesses also reporting seeing an air ambulance land nearby.
The girl was rushed to hospital where, despite the best efforts of medics, she died.
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There are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the young girl’s death, Greater Manchester Police has confirmed.
In a statement, a spokesperson for GMP said: “On Friday 22 July 2022 at around 12:45pm, we received a report of concern for the welfare of a 5-year-old girl on Levenshulme Road in Gorton. Emergency services attended and the girl was rushed to hospital.
“After the hospital staff’s best attempts to save the girl, she sadly died in hospital.”
A cause of death is yet to be confirmed.