Overview
- Police Scotland says the pupil’s death is unexplained and that inquiries are ongoing.
- Local reports link the case to Greenburn School in East Kilbride on Friday, May 15, where she was said to have fallen from a wheelchair during a race.
- The child was taken to hospital after the event, discharged, then readmitted after becoming unwell, and she later died in hospital.
- Officers received a report at 11:45am on Saturday, May 16, that the girl had taken unwell at a property in East Kilbride before she was taken to hospital.
- South Lanarkshire Council says it is supporting classmates and staff, and officials have not released a cause of death as accounts of a fall remain unconfirmed.