3 days ago
6
BBC
Police officers successful Costock Avenue, Sherwood, connected Thursday
An eight-year-old lad has died aft helium was reported to person fallen from the model of a location successful Nottingham.
Police said officers were called to Costock Avenue, Sherwood, astatine 19:15 BST, by East Midlands Ambulance Service.
The lad was taken to Queens Medical Centre successful Nottingham but did not past his injuries, constabulary said.
Ch Insp Jon Scurr, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “This is simply a tragic and devastating nonaccomplishment of life, and our thoughts are with the boy’s household and loved ones."
Officers were called to Costock Avenue successful Sherwood, Nottingham, astatine 19:15 BST connected Wednesday
Residents expressed their sadness connected Thursday astatine the boy's death.
Ibnu Habbas, a father-of-four, who lives successful the neighbourhood, said: “I saw idiosyncratic shouting, we came extracurricular and saw the kid lying with idiosyncratic doing archetypal aid. Everyone came retired into the thoroughfare and stayed until the ambulance came.
"It’s truly bittersweet for this to hap to an eight-year-old.”
Ibhu Habbas said helium was arrogant of the Sherwood community
Mother-of-two Jodie Bower, 39, who lives nearby, said: “I’m truly truthful atrocious for their loss. It was tragic, and it’s scary however rapidly thing similar this tin happen.
“I heard each the sirens, and erstwhile I looked out, I saw rather a fewer ambulances, I knew thing superior had happened.
“We each pulled unneurotic past nighttime and helped each other.
“It’s specified a precocious autumn from the apical bedroom. I was ever petrified erstwhile my children were small, that they would autumn from there, truthful I ever would fastener the windows.
“Something needs to beryllium enactment successful spot to marque definite this ne'er happens again.”
Officers stay astatine the country investigating the circumstances, said the force.
Ch Insp Jon Scurr, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “I would similar to convey those that person already reported accusation to us, and would impulse anyone who hasn’t yet done so, to delight marque interaction arsenic soon arsenic possible.
“We are acutely alert that incidents of this quality are incredibly distressing for each acrophobic and are felt by the full community.
“If you request help, oregon recognise that idiosyncratic does, delight entree enactment done the NHS website oregon telephone 111.”
Police asked anyone with information, oregon who whitethorn person captured dashcam footage of this incident, to get successful touch.
If you've been affected by the issues successful this story, assistance and enactment is disposable via the BBC Action Line.
English (US)