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Date Published: 25/05/2022
ARCHIVED - 3-year-old girl dies in Malaga after a storage locker falls on her in a Carrefour supermarket
The little girl was playing with her siblings in the store entrance when the lockers came loose and hit her on the head
A 3-year-old girl died on Tuesday May 24 in Malaga when a locker near the front door of a Carrefour supermarket fell on top of her. The child was with her family in the shop in Malaga capital the fatal accident happened.
The call to the emergency services came in at around 5pm on Tuesday. The caller reported an accident at the Carrefour Market on Calle Gordon in Malaga city, saying that a small girl had been seriously injured after a piece of furniture had fallen on her.
Sources close to the investigation explained that the young girl, aged 3, was in the supermarket with her family. In fact, according to the first version of events gathered, the mother was paying at the till while the girl and her two older siblings were playing at the entrance, outside the tills.
The little ones were in the trolley area, where the lockers are located for customers to leave their bags. According to sources, they were playing with a chain in the area when the locker came loose and fell on the place where the children were and hitting the youngest one hard on the head.
Medical services were on the scene quickly and took the little girl to the Materno Infantil hospital. The child arrived at the hospital in a very serious condition as a result of the fatal injuries she had sustained, and despite the efforts of the emergency team, sadly died.
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