Girl, 4, dies after being found unresponsive in Stranraer

Police are treating the death as unexplained

Author: Craig TurnbullPublished 17th Jul 2023
Last updated 17th Jul 2023

Investigations are continuing this morning after the death of a four-year-old girl in Stranraer.

Emergency services were called to Eastwood Avenue around 06.10am on Sunday morning where the young child was found unresponsive.

She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police are treating the death as 'unexplained'.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Around 6.10am on Sunday, July 16, officers were called to a report of an unresponsive child at an address on Eastwood Avenue, Stranraer.

"Emergency services attended and the four-year-old girl was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.

"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the cause of death, which is currently being treated as unexplained."

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