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Manchester Evening News
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Jon Macpherson

Nine-year-old boy dies after being found 'unresponsive' at house in Blackpool

A nine-year-old boy has died after being found 'unresponsive' at a house in Blackpool.

Police and paramedics were called to the address on Plovers Way shortly before 6pm on Saturday (September 24), LancsLive reports.

Lancashire Constabulary said that 'despite the best efforts of medical staff' the child, who has not been named, was pronounced dead a short time later. The cause of death has not been given at this stage but police say it is not being treated as suspicious.

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A file will be prepared and passed to the coroner. A police spokesperson said: "We were called by the ambulance service at shortly before 6pm (September 24) to reports that a child had been found unresponsive at an address on Plovers Way, Blackpool.

"Officers attended but very sadly, and despite the best efforts of medical staff, the child, a boy aged nine, was pronounced dead a short time later. Our thoughts are with the boy’s loved ones. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be passed to HM Coroner."

North West Ambulance Service has been contacted for a comment.

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