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Girl, 8, Dies After Reported Wheelchair Fall at School Sports Day

Authorities are investigating the cause, with no official link confirmed to the sports day incident.

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.