Baby girl dies in car tragedy

AN 11-month-old girl choked to death while travelling in her parents’ car late on Sunday afternoon.

Alexandra Alexandrou had been lying on the back seat of the car when she apparently inhaled her own vomit and suffocated.

Realising that their daughter had stopped breathing, Alexandrou’s parents rushed her to Nicosia General Hospital. She was pronounced dead on arrival at around 6.25pm.

State coroner Sophocles Sophocleous and police examined Alexandrou’s body, but found no signs of foul play.

At the time of her death, her parents were driving home to Kaimakli from Larnaca. Her seven-year-old brother and four-year-old sister were with her on the back seat.

Investigations into the exact cause of her death are continuing.

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