Overview

• Paramedics from the Yorkshire Ambulance Service were called to a home on Overend Way in Sheffield on the evening of July 2 over concerns for a child
• The one-year-old girl was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and died shortly after arrival despite medical efforts
• South Yorkshire Police launched an urgent investigation immediately following the child’s death to determine what happened
• Officers are gathering evidence, reviewing witness accounts and working with forensic experts
• No official cause of death has been confirmed as post-mortem and forensic examinations remain ongoing