Maharashtra: 9-year-old girl dies in accidental strangulation while playing

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A nine-year-old girl died after she allegedly got entangled in a swing and was strangled at her house in Maharashtra's Beed district on Tuesday, her family said.

The incident occurred in Majalgaon town around 11 am when the victim, Vrinda Sameer Rudrawar, was playing on the top floor of her house, they said.

Vrinda was standing on a chair trying to reach the swing when the chair suddenly slipped from under her. In the ensuing fall, the rope of the swing coiled around her neck, strangling her, sources in the family said.

The tragedy came to light when the mother came to check on the girl and found her suspended by the rope. The child was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival, they said.

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