Child’s death unexplained
Christchurch: Police are treating the death of a toddler found unresponsive in her family’s washing machine in Christchurch as unexplained.
They were called to the girl’s home last Friday night.
A minute released by deputy chief coroner Anna Tutton says the girl was at home with her father and siblings when the father realised he had not seen her for about 10 minutes.
He searched for her and found her in the washing machine.
Attempts were made to resuscitate the girl but she died in hospital the following day.
A postmortem examination has been conducted and the coroner has started an inquiry.