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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bryony Gooch and Jabed Ahmed

Six-year-old fighting for her life and girl, 7, dead after tree falls in public park

United States Leigh Southend

A seven-year-old girl has died and a six-year-old girl is in a critical condition after a tree fell in a park in Essex over the weekend.

Three more children received minor injuries and received hospital treatment after the tree fell in Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea, shortly before 3pm on Saturday.

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