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15/08/2014
Murder Investigation Launched After 3-Year-Old Found In Hotel Swimming Pool
A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a three-year-old girl at a hotel in Lancashire.
It is understood that the child died after being pulled from a swimming pool at Dalmeny Hotel on South Promenade in St Annes.
Emergency services responded to a report that a child was "drowning" on Thursday morning.
The girl was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital shortly after 11am before being transferred to a specialist children's unit, where she later died.
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and child neglect.
Police say they are investigating "just how the child has come into difficulties in the pool."
(MH/CD)
It is understood that the child died after being pulled from a swimming pool at Dalmeny Hotel on South Promenade in St Annes.
Emergency services responded to a report that a child was "drowning" on Thursday morning.
The girl was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital shortly after 11am before being transferred to a specialist children's unit, where she later died.
A 40-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and child neglect.
Police say they are investigating "just how the child has come into difficulties in the pool."
(MH/CD)
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