RIVER DEATH TODDLER LATEST
Two-year-old Kiara Moore died at the scene of a tragic river slipway accident, it has been revealed.
The little girl was airlifted by the Wales Air Ambulance to University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff on Monday after being pulled from a car which had rolled into the river Teifi in Cardigan.
But it has now been revealed that she had already died, despite the desperate efforts of the emergency services.
A spokesman for the Ceredigion Coroner’s Office has confirmed that the place of death was near the riverbank slipway on the Strand area of Cardigan town centre.
Her full name has been confirmed as Kiara Aurora Maddison Moore, from the tiny village of Coed-y-bryn, near Llandysul, in Ceredigion.
Meanwhile, the car which Kiara was in at the time – a silver Mini – will be examined by police as they continue their investigation into what exactly happened on Monday afternoon.
According to Kiara’s father, her mother, Kim Rowlands, had left the two-year-old inside the vehicle momentarily as they were preparing to drive home from Cardigan Bay Active, the activity centre run by the family.
She had left the car to get some money from the business’ base on The Strand.
When she returned the car had gone, and it was reported stolen to police at around 3.30pm on Monday, and they began a frantic search.
It is thought the river’s strong current had taken the car downstream and out of sight.
In a Facebook post shared on Tuesday, which has since been deleted, dad Jet Moore said emergency services tried to revive Kiara “for hours”.
But it has now been confirmed that those efforts were in vain, and the little girl had already died before she was transported by Air Ambulance to Cardiff.
Police are investigating in order to “fully understand the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident”, but it’s believed the car rolled back from outside the centre and into the water.
They have also issued a warning to social media users not to post “malicious” comments and that those who do could face prosecution.
A spokesman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: “We ask people to think very carefully before posting and not to speculate on circumstances of incidents.
“We are aware of comments on threads across social media which are being looked at. Posts considered to be malicious will be recorded and police action may follow.”
Police have also confirmed that inquiries are continuing in order to fully understand the circumstances surrounding what they have described as a “tragic incident”.
A spokesman added: “Examination of the vehicle will form part of these inquiries.
“We can also confirm that the vehicle had not been stolen.”
An inquest into Kiara’s death has now been opened and adjourned until a later date.