Tuxford death of girl, 6, prompts police probe
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The girl was found inside a house on Lincoln Road in Tuxford
A six-year-old girl has died after she was found unresponsive in a village in Nottinghamshire.
The girl was discovered in a house on Lincoln Road in Tuxford, near Newark, at about 15:00 GMT on Monday.
The child was taken by ambulance to Sheffield Children's Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
Nottinghamshire Police said its investigation into her death was "ongoing".
One woman, who lives nearby, said her husband saw a child being carried out on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance.
She said he also saw a woman being driven away in a police car.
'Bit scary'
"The first thing we knew was the police turning up and the helicopter presence, and there were lots of ambulances," she said.
"The police photographers were photographing late into the evening because we could see the flashes going off."
She said she only found out the girl had died when she read a news story.
"My husband texted me and said 'this is what happened' and we were shocked.
"It seems a bit scary. My husband said the lady came out saying 'Is she going to be OK?' and she was taken away in a police car after the stretcher was taken away."
A woman, who lives nearby and knows the family, said: "I'm so sad for the family. As far as I understand it's just a tragic, tragic accident."
At the scene: Caroline Lowbridge, BBC News
Flowers have been left at the house where the girl was found
I'm in Lincoln Road in Tuxford where a six-year-old girl was found unresponsive on Monday afternoon and later died.
The house is on the corner of Landa Grove.
A neighbour told me she has seen a mother and older girl living at the house, but had never seen a six-year-old girl or a father living there.
"I believe the older girl goes to Tuxford Academy, but I didn't know the six-year-old existed," she said.
The front garden is taped off and there's a police car parked outside with a PCSO inside, who told me that the house is currently empty.