Girl, 1, dies after police called to 'concern for child' at Sheffield home
Officers were called to a house in Overend Way following reports of 'concern for a child'.
The toddler was rushed to hospital on Wednesday evening but was declared dead there soon after.
No cause of death has yet been confirmed and the investigation is in its early stages.
A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: 'On July 2, we received a call from Yorkshire Ambulance Service alerting us to a concern for a child at a property on Overend Way in Sheffield.
'Officers responded and a one-year-old child was taken to hospital by ambulance, where she sadly later died.
'Officers are working to ascertain the circumstances that lead to the child's death and our investigation remains on-going.'
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