Boy, four, killed in cemetery after 'gravestone fell on him'
Paramedics raced to Rawtenstall Cemetery, in Lancashire, at about 1pm where emergency services confirmed he had died. Lancashire Police said the boy's death is not being treated as suspicious and said they will pass a file to the HM Coroner "in due course."
A Lancashire Police spokesperson told The Lancashire Telegraph: "We were called to Rawtenstall Cemetery at 1pm today [July 5] following reports a gravestone had fallen onto a child.
"Tragically, and despite the best efforts of the emergency services, the boy sadly died. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this devastating time.
"His death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be passed onto HM Coroner in due course."
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