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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.

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".

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.

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the nursery is about five minutes from where i live, i pass it quite frequently. im sure there will be new about it in my local paper. not that it makes any difference where it is, this is dreadful news.

barbs

My thoughts exactly Barbsy.

My thoughts are with her family.