Falling lamp-post kills baby
Boy dies after being hit by falling lamp-post
One-year-old's buggy was being pushed down street in west London when tragedy happened
- guardian.co.uk, Thursday 25 February 2010 10.15 GMT
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A one-year-old boy who was hit by a falling lamp-post in west London on Tuesday has died today.
The baby, whose name has not been released, was struck when the lamp-post fell in Chiswick.
A 62-year-old woman, who suffered a back injury in the accident, was taken to hospital. She was discharged yesterday.
The boy was airlifted to the Royal London hospital, in east London. He was pronounced dead at about 5.30am.
"A baby boy seriously injured by a falling lamp-post in Chiswick has sadly died," a Scotland Yard spokesman said.
"A postmortem examination will be scheduled in due course."
The woman, who was treated at Charing Cross hospital, in west London, was not related to the baby and was not pushing his buggy when the lamp-post fell.
A police spokesman said the baby was with a carer, who was not injured.
The incident, which happened at the junction of Heathfield Terrace and Sutton Court Road, is being investigated by officers from Hounslow CID and the specialist crime directorate, along with the Health and Safety Executive.
A Hounslow council spokeswoman said the incident was "an awful tragedy" and the council was co-operating fully with the investigations.
She said work was being carried out in the area as part of the Turnham Green traffic and transport improvement scheme, designed to provide faster journeys for bus passengers.
