Four-year-old boy killed by falling gravestone
The boy was fatally injured at Rawtenstall Cemetery in Burnley Road, Haslingden, at 13:00 BST on Saturday, Lancashire Police said.
Paramedics tried to save him but "tragically" the boy died in the "devastating" incident, a force spokesman said.
He added the death was not being treated as suspicious and a file would be sent to the coroner "in due course".
The police spokesman said officers had been called to the cemetery "following reports a gravestone had fallen on to a child".
He added: "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."
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