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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Charlie Duffield

Toddler suddenly died of rare brain condition after being put to bed with the 'sniffles'

A "happy and healthy" toddler suddenly died of a rare brain condition after going to sleep with the "sniffles".

Tara Lyons, 37, and Daniel O'Sullivan, 34, thought their 15-month-old, Sofia Lyons-O'Sullivan, was just teething when they put her to bed in April 2020.

But the next morning while trying to get her to eat some toast, the child's head dropped forward suddenly, with her horrified parents realising she couldn't open her eyes.

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