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22/11/2013
Two Arrested Over Child's Death In Peterborough
Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of a small child at Peterborough City Hospital.
According to police the girl, understood to be aged around 2, was brought into the hospital with serious injuries at around 11:00am on Thursday, being pronounced dead just before 13:00.
Cambridgeshire Police arrested a 28-year-old woman, believed to be the child's mother, and a 19-year-old man.
A post-mortem examination is to be carried to try and establish the cause of the child's death.
(MH/CD)
According to police the girl, understood to be aged around 2, was brought into the hospital with serious injuries at around 11:00am on Thursday, being pronounced dead just before 13:00.
Cambridgeshire Police arrested a 28-year-old woman, believed to be the child's mother, and a 19-year-old man.
A post-mortem examination is to be carried to try and establish the cause of the child's death.
(MH/CD)
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