Baby death treated as unexplained

23 December 2017, 12:28

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An 18-month-old girl has died at a house in North Lanarkshire.

Police Scotland said the death at a property in Greenwood Crescent, Coatbridge, was being treated as "unexplained".

Officers were called to the property at around 5.15pm on Wednesday.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police received a report that an 18 month-old baby had died within a house in Greenwood Crescent, Coatbridge.

"Officers attended and a post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course to establish the cause of death, however it is being treated as unexplained meantime."