Four-year-old Shelly Modeste of Charity, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) died mysteriously after complaining of experiencing abdominal pains.
The child retired to bed on Wednesday evening, but did not wake up on Thursday morning.
Information received revealed that family members had been engaged in a game of cricket on Wednesday, during which the ball had accidentally hit the child to her tummy. She had cried out for pain following that incident, but had fallen asleep on Wednesday evening.
On Thursday morning her mother attempted to wake her, but found she was not responding. Thinking something was amiss, the child was picked up and rushed to the Oscar Joseph Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The distraught family has since been left in a state of shock, and can only wait on a post mortem to be conducted to ascertain the cause of death. The child’s body is presently at the Charity Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem. An investigation has been launched.
